Writers Block
I wake again in our bedroom, vouchsafed another day, ‘Vouchsafed’ is a verb, or so it seems; that’s all I know of what it means. But if I guess I might be wrong, the story might become too long. Despite … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Writing
Through My Eyes
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So Many Things
We have so many things that we still want to say Those go on and go on, and we can’t sing all day. So instead, we will do our best to speak from our heart, But who the hell knows … Continue reading
Hey Dude
Full coverage Hey Dude, We’re kinda sad, We thought you’d always Stay seven years old But even when all is said and done You will still be our little one. Hey Bro, We hope you know That we’ll always Stay … Continue reading
Inner Voice with Vowels
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Homesick
Who knows when this letter will find you…
Cross Cultural Dog Sitting
Now that Suma is deep into mechanics and Yeela is into forms of government and how they came to be, it is for me to bring us all back to earth and talk about the ‘yom-yom’. I would have written … Continue reading
Two Weeks in December
I dropped Ima of at the San Francisco air port at 17:40. There wasn’t a lot of time to say goodbye because I had to make it back to the ‘World of Music’ to pick up Osmo from his guitar … Continue reading
Dear Imma
Yeela told me to write you a speech. Then Yeela told me to write you a speech again. Then again. Then she got mad at me for not writing a speech, because I should have written a speech. When I … Continue reading
(חמישים דברים שלמדנו מאמא (יעלה וטל
חמישים דברים שלמדנו ממך, אמא אמא’לה… לכבוד יום הולדתך החמישים, החלטנו שהגיע הזמן לתת את הזכויות ליוצרים… ולך בהחלט מגיע לשמוע על אילו 50 דברים אנו מודים. אין ספק שציידת אותנו לחיים. את ודאי תשימי לב שמרבית הדברים כבר מושרשים … Continue reading
Cultivating a Mate
Rehabilitating the culturally derailed is as delicate a task. It is a slow and painful process, which requires patience and compassion of the highest order, testing determination and faith as one faces heart-breaking defeats, which overshadow what little progress is … Continue reading
The Road To Peace
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What are Kids For
My son Daniel greeted me when I returned from Stanford where I participate in a continuing studies class on Thursday night: – How did it go? – I got in trouble with the teacher; she wants to see my parents … Continue reading
Costa Rica
View photos North and South America are connected by a thin trunk of land which was severed by the Panama Canal, The Columbians make cocaine, and Nicaraguans help move it North. Lore has it that late arriving smugglers have been … Continue reading
Adds Moves and Changes
The events described herein span the period from May to September 2005. Not everything that happened is included, but what is included did happen. Yeela was discharged from the IDF after two and a half year of service and came … Continue reading
Simon Halkin by Hillel Halkin
Tanks for Washington Square Residents
There are a few reasons why I sat down to write this paper. For one I wanted to sit down, and while I was at it I might as well have written something. Then there is the issue that the … Continue reading
A Thousand Words
In the photograph, two very young girls are sitting next to each other on a sofa. One is going on four and the other a toddler less than two years of age. The older one, while sucking on her milk … Continue reading
A Man’s House is his Castle
I have had quite some time to contemplate the empty house these past few days. During this time I have reflected on the obvious, the almost-obvious, the somewhat-obscure and the completely-incomprehensible. As I was sorting through these reflections I came … Continue reading
Siblings Words to Daniel
Full media coverage אוסמו בר-מצווה ביום זה בו אנו חוגגים לך בר-מצווה נדבוק במסורת וננצל את ההזדמנות לומר כמה מילות ברכה. אני חייבת להתוודות, כאשר שמעתי את הבשורות הטובות נשאלתי אם אני רוצה אח או אחות. מייד עניתי כי אחות … Continue reading