Thoughts on Honor, Service, and Memory

Last Friday, we laid my mom to rest in a beautiful cemetery in Maryland. It was at once one of the most difficult and most natural things I’ve ever done. Jewish tradition holds that helping to bury someone — literally picking up a shovel and heaving earth onto…

The home I left behind

I left home last year
there’s a picture of it I have
four by six inches

The Green Glass Bottle

Once upon a time, I walked a wave swept rocky shore. All around were salt and sun and the grinding mutter of stone on…

Drawing My Father

I am drawing my father.
I have an old photo on the computer
transparent enough so the guide lines show through.
Grid-lines…

People like patterns. There is comfort in the expected, and finding a common trait that may be shared between…

Have I improved my memory?

One week ago I’ve read new chapter in the book. In my opinion, there were a lot of absurd things. I thought :…

Cartoni Animati per Bambini: L’escavatore Max e i mezzi di trasporto

A minor goddess

I saw you last night, Z.

It was the first time in what, five months? Six? Your hair was darker. I didn’t…

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Eternal-Sunshining Your Ex

Neurologists have discovered a new key to…