Penina S. FingerinSybariteMy Baghdadi-Indian Jewish Comfort Food is Green ChutneyA story within a family recipe.Nov 28, 20232Nov 28, 20232
Penina S. FingerSomeone stole my Halloween pumpkinand crushed it, and I was going to write about how thin my skin already is because the world seems to be at war and the dictators are…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Penina S. FingerWell, yesWell, yes. I do shake stars from air, squeeze pearls from mud, press grace from palms of hands, and tap ice so it rings like a bell.Oct 8, 2023Oct 8, 2023
Penina S. FingerUntil thenI am Magellan’s ships, a foreign tongue, a mute and flat dove-colored underline beneath the sky. I unfold time with strokes of oars…Oct 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023
Penina S. FingerLit upNoon sun so bright the sky is white, my shadow black and stark and tight.Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Penina S. FingerIcarus,why do we insist, after all our good schooling in parables, on wings of wax?Sep 19, 2023Sep 19, 2023
Penina S. FingerSaw Two DovesSaw two doves resting on a fence, soaking up the late afternoon sun, cool shadows stretching a long way out behind them.Sep 16, 2023Sep 16, 2023
Penina S. FingerWell, now I’m starburnt.I’ve got one gold and silver mark from my eye down to my jaw, and it’s warm. I had my eyes open when it turned to face me put its hand on…Sep 12, 2023Sep 12, 2023
Penina S. FingerJoy raggedI saw a silken wilting flower, and now I want to tell the world about its perfect petals, pink, and bruised to purple, crumpling and…Sep 2, 20231Sep 2, 20231
Penina S. FingerHow the fissuring went56 years from now I don’t think most of us had noticed the change. I always had two sons. My own childhood is so difficult to piece…Aug 15, 2023Aug 15, 2023
