January 17, 2017 is an appropriate date to announce the engagement of Amelia Altalena Solkoff to Javier Blanco. The date marks the 1925 birthday of Amelia’s late paternal grandmother Miriam Pell Schmerler zt”l who was close to Amelia and her sister Joanna. Amelia teaches English in Pontevedra, Spain (on the Portuguese border) where she is also an enthusiastic […]
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January, 2015 Motto
[C]onsider the CNBC economy survey, showing that 53 percent of Americans are pessimistic about the current and future economic situation, while only 23 percent are optimistic. —Washington Week, January 2, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell Note 1. I am a contrarian. I believe economic and political conditions will improve over the next 10 years. Note 2. I believe […]