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...
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Viva Sarah Press
- Sep 15, 2019
- 1 min
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 1, 2019
- 2 min
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
- Aug 12, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Jul 31, 2019
- 1 min
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 21, 2019
- 1 min
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 8, 2019
- 1 min
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 3, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
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 8, 2019
- 1 min
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
- May 19, 2019
- 1 min
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 16, 2019
- 1 min
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 12, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Mar 24, 2019
- 2 min
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 20, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
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 3, 2019
- 2 min
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
- Jan 26, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
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
- May 30, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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