Barbara Smith

My children know too well that my motto in life is, “Variety is the spice of Life,” and they hear me quote it all the time. Life is not one dimensional, it is a series of overlapping events and occurrences, which can be both good and bad at the same time. Simple examples of this […]

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 12, 1929, into an affluent family only one generation away from immigration, from Ireland. When children are born into our homes, we have no idea what they will do, who they will become or what their personalities will be like. If we did, we would name them accordingly.

Since the advent and inundation into society of social media, phrases and expressions have been hackneyed daily. They become cliché and often sound rehearsed. One such phrase that has jumped out at me every time I see it is, ‘He is my rock.’ Most of the time it appears in a loving post for a

A European translator, Antoine Galland is accredited for bringing the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to us, somewhere between 1704 and 1717 in the Arabian Nights Series. However, many versions of the story of the two Persian brothers can be seen from the 18th century on. Knowing where hidden treasure is and