I. All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. – Leo Tolstoy The first time I left home I was too young to make it out.
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Winged Creatures
Posted in Dreams, Legends and Mythology, The Soul on August 14, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
I am weary of those who trod and plod shuffle or flip-flop slap concrete squares and black top oval tracks white arrows conducting wheels to one side feet to another.
The Language of Color
Posted in Bible Story, Dreams, Falling in Love on August 12, 2018 | 1 Comment »
I dreamt of the dreamer-son much-loved long-awaited wrapped in a chromatic cloak of words, envisioning spirits ascending and descending the ephemeral ladder, connecting earthly striving and eternal longings.
Grave Song
Posted in Daughters, Fathers, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality on June 8, 2018 | 2 Comments »
I strain to hear your prayers in the song of the wind in the olive trees
Knowing it’s the End
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Fear, Hebrew School, Mortality, The Shoah on February 2, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
On January 13, 2018, an employee of the Hawaiian Emergency Management Agency issued a ballistic missile alert. Thirty eight minutes later, a second message was sent, describing it as a “false alarm.” Here’s a modern day math problem: After launch, a missile travels 4600 miles. At an average speed of 306.67 miles per hour, […]