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…
Tag: #memory
Go Phillies!
The last time the Phillies were playing for the National League pennant was 2010. They lost. They won the World…
The roots of cypresses
I don’t know the Italian word for “mensch,” but Rocco Schiavone is a mensch. He’s the detective in the eponymous…
Merry Christmas!
Four years ago I wrote a post titled “Christmas is a season for ghosts.” In it I mentioned that I…
Big man on campus.
Labor Day is ending, along with this strange summer. This is the first September in more than 20 years that…
Yahrzeit
Laura died in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, January 30, 2010. Here is the story of…
Ten years
“And sometimes anniversaries hurt . You feel them in inexplicable aches in your body, or in a general unease that…
Presently aging
What do you mean that the Concert for Bangla Desh happened almost 50 years ago?!? That was just one of…
Reading Terminal Market
It’s been almost a month since I joined Anne Mei in our apartment in Philadelphia along with our furniture and…
A sweet gem
Done with the pile of boxes that came from outside storage. Last night as I went through the last box,…