Tag Archives: High Holidays

Shanah Tovah

The breath scent of mother fig under the chuppah of life time got sucked up into a late-summer straw fully enjoyed, fortunately, but fast fast fast leaving us reeling – never ready, breathless  standing under canopies of scarlet leaves,  in … Continue reading

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All the Days of Awe

The Days of Awe open on Rosh Hashanah and close on Yom Kippur. When my birthday falls on Rosh Hashanah, it gets lost in the birthday of the world; when it falls on Yom Kippur, celebrations turn sober and thin. … Continue reading

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Blasting Complacency

When the same word floats up from the most disparate-seeming characters.  My yoga teacher. My poetry mentor. A black hat rabbi. The list would be disparate enough without Baudelaire – but the dark prince poet was at the forefront in demanding … Continue reading

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