by Fran Hawthorne How could anyone object to my Twitter post on March 29, after my sister and I visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan to see an exhibit of long-hidden photos from the Lodz ghetto in Poland? I wrote: Henryk Ross’s chilling photos from inside the Lodz ghetto in Nazi #Poland at […]
Reflection
July 20 – Bluer Than Robin’s Eggs
by Ariela Zucker “As I remember your eyes, Were bluer than robin’s eggs.” Joan Baez – Diamond and Rust. I watched them for almost three weeks, a couple of robins building their nest. They flew around the front yard for a while. Checked the grassy lawn for its offering of forage. Perhaps consulted with the […]
July 3 – Full Circle
By Linda Hoye We stand atop a small hill in the middle of a field on the Saskatchewan prairie: me, my husband, my cousin, and her husband. I met this cousin for the first time today; she and her husband have graciously taken us on a drive to see the land where our grandparents farmed. […]
June 28 – Tending Roses
by Sara Etgen-Baker I strolled through our backyard, the footpath sparkling and crunching like sugar underfoot. Under December’s dove gray sky, the colors of my world donned their winter coats, each hue darker and richer than before. The flowers in my garden slept, and the bare branches of the oak trees showed their lofty arms. […]
June 24 – My Kingdom for a Lawnmower
by Ariela Zucker Mowing our extensive lawn is my acknowledged job. While we rotate other chores, no one will ever try to take that one away from me. I spend endless hours on the riding mower and wonder time and time again how I was pulled into doing it almost from the moment we […]
June 10 – Human Connections
by Ariela Zucker I stir my morning coffee and while the milk swirls and changes the color from dark brown to tan I reflect on a sentence that I read on the front page of Yahoo. “Human connections are important. Try to encompass at least ten of them every day.” I wonder if I can […]
