Every year the yellow liner peers through the translucent ivory tablecloth embroidered with a chain of floral design. On top sit the timeless Royal Copenhagen white dishes and equally elegant silver flatware, crystal candle holders, the plate Mom painted with the seder symbols decades before paint-your-own-pottery places proliferated, and all the Kiddush cups that the house possesses. Continue reading
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New goggles, new year
It’s my new goggles. Yes, they’re comfortable and fit well. They don’t leak, fog or distort what I see in the pool either. But it’s more than that Continue reading
I bake because
I baked Sunday night. No surprise to many, I am sure. Continue reading
This melody
My daughter sleeps in my arms. I sit in the in the timeless modern rocking chair from my infancy, singing Leaving on a Jet Plane and Hebrew folk songs from my childhood. Continue reading
You are invited to mourn…
The invitation went out today. Continue reading
VASHTI: Defined By Her Refusal
Vashti – she was, you know, the queen who was thrown out – because she said no.
What do we know of her?
Not much. Continue reading