Penny for Your Thoughts: Free Speech Posted by Penny Rich | Jul 14, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square As SCOTUS continues to make very unpopular decisions about how America moves forward, we are bound... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Wedding Season Posted by Penny Rich | Jun 23, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square June is one of the most popular months to get married in the U.S., and after a two year hiatus, it... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: To Hug or Not to Hug Posted by Penny Rich | Jun 3, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square After two years of non-human contact, we are learning how to greet each other again and it can be... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Reporters & Local News Posted by Penny Rich | Mar 17, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square When I moved to Chapel Hill in 1998, I fell in love with North Carolina. Living in the South was... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Honoring Susie Posted by Penny Rich | Feb 10, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square The most influential Black Woman in my life was Susie Watkins. Don’t Google her, you won’t find... Read More
Penny For Your Thoughts: 48 Years Posted by Penny Rich | Jan 26, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square I have been thinking a lot about teachers lately, friends that are currently teaching and my past... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Resolution 2022 Posted by Penny Rich | Jan 6, 2022 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square So when did this New Year’s Resolution tradition begin? Turns out it was a long time ago, a very... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Is Cooking Really a Contest? Posted by Penny Rich | Dec 9, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square I spent the last six weeks teaching a “Food and Judaism” class at the JCC in Durham as... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Thanksgivukkah Posted by Penny Rich | Nov 4, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square It’s that time of year when people begin to wonder, “When is Chanukah?” and “Why does it change... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Candy Corn and The Great Divide Posted by Penny Rich | Sep 30, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square Candy Corn, do you love it or do you hate it? Or maybe you just can’t stop eating it. That smooth... Read More