Collection Themes

What the stories in this collection have in common is insight into the scheme of things, with emphasis on beginnings, adorned with a fairy tale aura that keeps the smiling overtones from turning into smirks.

Title and Inspiration

It also induced me to name the entire collection by an invocation of parental blessings for tentative steps in unexplored realms.

Contributor Background

The selection of contributor names reflects my mixed Romanian Israeli heritage, and will be appreciated by connoisseurs of local idioms.