The Sweet Jar – Episode 11

“…she always strove to repair the small tears in the fabric of society to make things better, to leave things better than when she found them.”

In attesa – waiting

While we watched an Italian game show, we packed. So it was extra easy the next morning to…

Questi stivali – these boots.

It was many years ago during a dermatological excision that we, in our family, learned that Nancy Sinatra…

The Hanukkah of Fire & Light.

It was a hundred years ago and it was ten. It was a time when the world was a certain way — before it became a different kind of world, a certain other kind of way.

Doing what Romans do.

We were in this country for so very long before we made it down to Roma.   So…

Doppelgängers & cream.

It is my first time in England. Me, who called our rabbit King George because he thought he…

The Fire and the Roses

Eleven years ago we were getting ready to leave the house for the first seder at Jane’s house.…

The Taxi-Driver’s Tale.

When the taxi arrived the driver was anxious to share with me that he was from Lebanon –…