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Davening when you’re middle-aged is very different to the naïve, generalized pleadings for a good life that I uttered in my youth

There’s no manual to study, and no one right answer — to anything.

Has making sourdough bread taught me to have more patience?

I did it. I made doughnuts and latkes and just like in the song, I served it at the Chanukah candles burning bright.

My son could not enjoy the beautiful, bright yellow fish with the willowy fins

But I realized, too, that if I walk around with balled fists, I will not be able to grasp anything new either