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A woman got into my car. Then told me she’s helping me do a good deed.
I pulled up to the bus stop to let my friend off and the moment she got out of the car, an older woman got in. The stranger explained...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 25, 20191 min read


A side thought or a great idea?
I love finding out where a startup’s great idea has come from. Why didn’t someone else come up with the idea sooner? What made the...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 15, 20191 min read


Luck vs. Lack of Lockers
Here's what I learned this year as two of my kids moved from primary to middle schools: You need luck (which comes with a side order of...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 1, 20192 min read


Counting down to random events
School is around the corner. Summer is almost over. But those two facts are irrelevant to one of my seventh-graders (twins, I have two...
Viva Sarah Press
Aug 12, 20191 min read


Good old-fashioned trust
We bought two ceramic dishes today. DIY-style. We were visiting Rosh Pina, in northern Israel. The Old Town is made up of cobblestone...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 31, 20191 min read


Happy ice cream day!
For me, every day is ice cream day. But officially, today, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day in the US. Actually, July is National Ice...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 21, 20191 min read


Multi-creative doesn’t mean indecisive
“So, what is it that you do?” That was a message that recently made it into my inbox. It’s a good question. What I do probably fits into...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 8, 20191 min read


What can you do with $100 million?
$100 million. That’s about how much the Beresheet spacecraft mission cost to put Israel in Lunar Orbit. It’s also the sum an...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 3, 20191 min read


Beresheet is the purple splotch on the Moon Map
This is so cool! Beresheet is on the official National Geographic Moon Map. National Geographic just published a new Moon Map with a list...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 25, 20191 min read


Not here. Not there.
Life in limbo. That was an indirect, side effect of my mom's battle with multiple system atrophy (MSA). For almost two years, I have been...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 8, 20191 min read


Splitting my personalities
It was bound to happen. My journalist, public speaker and educational clown personalities were all vying for space on this blog. My work...
Viva Sarah Press
May 19, 20191 min read


Over 500 million blogs. Thanks for choosing this one
There are over 1.6 billion websites in the world. Over 500 million of them are considered to be blogs. There are over 2 million blog...
Viva Sarah Press
May 16, 20191 min read


How Ariana Grande joined my fun, random facts list
I love random facts. Things that you'd think you don't need to know. Until you do. Like the fact that giant pandas weigh in at just...
Viva Sarah Press
May 12, 20191 min read


Lucky to do what I love (aka multiple careers at once)
“You’re so lucky. You get to do what you love,” a mother from my son’s class recently told me. We were sitting on beach chairs, finishing...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 24, 20192 min read


Sharing today's stories from Israel
This week, I made my debut as a speaker with the JNF USA. I spoke about women, innovation, business and Israeli innovation at the 2019...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 20, 20191 min read


Train station cat Mitsi hits prime time news around the world
Mitsi is a cat. And that helped her become a viral internet and television star. It started with one video by an Israeli named Dan. On...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 20, 20191 min read


When my personal blog met my life
For over 20 years, I’ve been penning articles, blogs and scripts for an array of media. When I launched my new website, I debated whether...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 3, 20192 min read


Hiking the Israel Trail in bits and pieces
The Israel National Trail is considered one of the “top 20 epic hikes in the world.” While a few hundred people trek the 1,100 km (680...
Viva Sarah Press
Jan 26, 20191 min read


How to annoy a journalist (or, when PR goes wrong)
The differences between journalism and public relations have been written about ad nauseam. Yet, it seems the differences between these...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 3, 20182 min read


Video: Blue whale surprises Eilat beach-goers
A blue whale, measuring about 20-meters, surprised Eilat beach-goers and marine biologists when it swam along the Red Sea coast this...
Viva Sarah Press
May 30, 20181 min read
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