When grief becomes a beautiful memory
Wait till next year! I grew up rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers and their endless quest to beat the New…
Category: I will miss you
Go Phillies!
The last time the Phillies were playing for the National League pennant was 2010. They lost. They won the World…
More bookmarks.
When I started to read through The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, I found that Sophie had left more bookmarks than…
Bookmarks
On the way back to Anne Mei’s grandmother’s apartment after the funeral, I turned off Ten Mile Road on Mulberry…
Family
Unlike the funeral for her husband, Sophia Rivkin’s family gathered directly at the cemetery for her burial service. We came…
Get together, now
Lately I’ve not had much patience for sitcoms, even good ones like Abbott Elementary. I’ve stayed with Reservation Dogs (on…
Not a metaphor.
He was sitting, slightly sprawled on the sidewalk at the corner of 19th and Market. I could hear him a…
Barnegat Light House
The Barnegat Light House on the Jersey Shore is being closed until October for renovations. A Philadelphia Inquirer story on March…
The mad woman
Lit the yahrzeit candle at sundown. Now listening to music that Laura played. Schubert Impromptus and Kinderszenen. Her friend Daisy…
Grieving easefully
A friend mentioned that the subject of dying and grief had come up in her meditation group. Probably not coincidentally,…