Posts by author: Jill Ginsberg
October 29. Day 29 of My Month of Hundreds. Today would be my Dad’s 88th birthday. He was a year younger than Gina, although no one knew this because she lied about her age ever since I can remember. My dad, Sidney Ginsberg, grew up in an extended Jewish family in Philadelphia and New York, […]
Continue Reading →October 28. Day 28 of My Month of Hundreds. On the way home today I passed the neighborhood high school where a football game was in progress. I had the idea to scope out the area and got closer. It was basically a muddy mess. Family members were scattered along the bleachers. I spotted a couple […]
Continue Reading →
October 27. Day 27 of My Month of Hundreds. I really need some time to sit and think about all that has happened and where I go from here. I DO NOT KNOW. What does all this mean? How has it changed me? Have I accomplished what I set out to do? Where DO I […]
Continue Reading →
October 26. Day 26 of My Month of Hundreds. Five years ago I had another amazing adventure and helped a local pastor start a free health clinic for uninsured adults in North Portland. Through the generous support of the community and our volunteers we’ve been able to provide services to thousands of neighborhood residents. A […]
Continue Reading →October 25th. Day 25 of My Month of Hundreds. It was a kind of strange day today. The Sunday Oregonian article brought a lot of attention and traffic to the blog and I found myself having a mini anxiety attack. I loved all the comments on the article, and was very moved by people sharing […]
Continue Reading →
En route, SFO to PDX. Day 24 of My Month of Hundreds. The weather was terrible driving to the airport from the coast this morning. Torrential rain kept up a steady beat on the roof and the water ran in rushing rivulets along the side of the road. Every so often Neysa would reach over to […]
Continue Reading →
Dillon Beach, California. Day 23 of My Month of Hundreds. The day is socked in with fog, and the sky and water come together at the horizon in a gray blur. My friend Neysa’s grandfather and uncles built this amazing house in the 1960’s and the family uses it for weekend and vacation getaways. She […]
Continue Reading →
I was unable to post yesterday but it wasn’t for lack of trying. We are at a friend’s beach house near Bodega Bay and I drove around in the foggy dark last night looking for an unsecured internet connection to upload my post. A few houses had lights on, and I could see people inside […]
Continue Reading →
Day 21 of my Month of Hundreds. San Francisco, USA. Our business meeting today included a “poverty simulation”, during which everyone was assigned a role and had to proceed through a simulated month. I was a young mother with two teenage children. My husband had just walked out on us and I had no jobs, skills […]
Continue Reading →
Day 20 of my Month of Hundreds. Counting down now. I’m not liking that; I really don’t want this month to end. Over the last 20 days I’ve definitely refined my process and gotten more efficient in selecting the day’s recipient once I decide to do the deed. It’s a little hard to describe what […]
Continue Reading →
