A passion for baseball and a little persistence have led to a once-in-a-lifetime experience for student Kendrick Umphreys. Lawrence Public Library Book Blog. New York Review of Books.

Some talks, some emotions, some expressions and some silence. Wednesday, 4 January 2017. A long year it has been, of more miseries and less laughters. But today it will be contained in the books of history. And tomorrow there will be a new light on the east. As I try to forget my grief and forgive the ones who brought. At the center of the world, union of the giant lands. An ancient city conquered by many, a gateway to the west.

Monday, November 13, 2017. The following is the text of the second essay by Rivka that I read at her. Erev zikaron on Thursday night. It was written in Israel, shortly after her aliyah.

We called it the ice breaker but its official name was Bhumi. Earth survived a lot of events; climatic and political but thankfully we survived. At the end of the 21st century the United States went nearly bankrupt with the increased pay-outs to its people on medical insurance. Many others moved to individualistic model and the state was a pure governance unit.