Jayne Lisbeth
Beach Stories
There is something about the beach that brings out the best in everyone. We smile at one another more. We wave and wish good will towards...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Apr 10, 20227 min read
Cleaving a New Life
I wandered, drenched in sweat, through four floors of dust-filled alleys and enormous rooms. Four delightful, enticing floors of...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Mar 13, 20224 min read
A Tale of Two Genders
For the first time in almost two years Tim and I were planning a party for our friends from fifteen to fifty-two years. We have not all...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Feb 11, 20226 min read
Hearts, Flowers, Candy?
With the approach of Valentine’s Day I examined what romance means to me. In between my dropping pregnant hints to my beloved about how...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Jan 23, 20224 min read
My Mother's Hands
The older I become, the more I become my mother. I am a newer upgraded model of the original. Life made my mother and I different, but we...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Jan 9, 20225 min read
Sugar Cookie Moments
It is my pleasure to introduce my latest guest columnist, Iris Ruth Pastor. Iris is the author of two books, Slices, Bites and other...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Dec 12, 20218 min read
Ray, My fountain of youth
This Food for Thought was going to be about romance, and in a way, it is. Ray and I met when I was fourteen, a freshman at Ramapo...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Oct 30, 20217 min read
Sarah's Story
In my quest to discover who Sarah, Consort of Reverend Hezekiah Taylor was, I dove into the history of Newfane Hill, which eventually...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Oct 17, 20214 min read
Lives Discovered in a Vermont Cemetery
I obsess over each Food for Thought I write. I take at least two weeks to muse over every word, nuance, and grammatical and spelling...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Oct 3, 20216 min read
For the Love of Food
Quarantine Takeout, Taiwan Contributed by Guest Journalist, Professor and Filmmaker, Dr. Greg LeSar Sep 10, 2021: Craving USA Meals...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Sep 9, 20216 min read
Travel Journals: September 4-11, 2001
Journals have preserved every important part of my life, as well as many unimportant ones. They range from thoughtful, to joyous,...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Aug 29, 20214 min read
Cat Tales
While traveling over the past five weeks I was on hiatus from Food for Thought. I needed to get away from my own words and thoughts, to...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Jul 25, 20213 min read
Past and Present Deep in the Heart of Texas
Contributed by Dave Schechter, guest Food for Thought columnist Published In Atlanta Jewish Times, June 29, 2021 Dave Schechter is a...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Jul 4, 20217 min read
Our Patio Pets
For sixteen years we have enjoyed watching generations of birds, squirrels and racoons begging for seeds and peanuts on our patio. Our...
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Jayne Lisbeth
May 23, 20215 min read
Carpe Diem
Daddy and me, Fort Lauderdale, 1956 Carpe Diem For decades Tim has berated me, “Why do you live in the past?” I would become defensive...
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Jayne Lisbeth
May 9, 20216 min read
Reunions
I read recently that 73% of individuals have improved mental health the moment they become fully vaccinated. Tim and I fit that...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Apr 18, 20214 min read
The Murder Of My Laptop
Dear Food For Thought Readers: I apologize for the long delay between my entries. I had planned on sharing my “Reunion” with you all but...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Feb 28, 20215 min read
Home-Spun Arts and Hearts
My first attempt at sewing was a complete failure. I was seven and was given four pieces of fabric by my first grade teacher, along with...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Feb 7, 20217 min read
Lives Lived Before
I stared belligerently at the sloping hill at the edge of our property in Reading, Vermont. Hands on hips, head warmed by the sun,...
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Jayne Lisbeth
Jan 10, 20215 min read
Transported by Music
“I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, traveling, traveling, looking for something, what can it be?” The words, the intimate beauty...
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