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Esther Kurtz

Esther Kurtz

Esther is boring and normal, bananas in her yogurt make her very happy. She lives in NJ with her husband, children and many opinions

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Windows
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
When you’re not thinking about it, there’s restlessness and emptiness in your being. You turn the music up loud just to feel something beat in you
LifeTakes
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
I mean, I wear this stuff, it’s my unique style, but would my students get it? I need to be new and fresh, hip and cool, right?
Windows
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Twenty weeks and four days was too early for anything, no man’s land in terms of viability... but I wouldn’t let my mind go there
Facets
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
“You find it easy to make friends?” Chana asked me sincerely. “I know how to be friendly, but a friend… I haven’t made one in a long time”
Facets
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Was it possible to make a friend in two weeks? Maybe I can get Rafi to change the terms. I really, really wanted to go
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Was it possible to make a friend in two weeks? Maybe I can get Rafi to change the terms. I really, really wanted ...
Facets
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
“Do you expect me to witness an act of assault and pretend that nothing happened?”
Facets
Wednesday, January 03, 2018
“I don’t know why being an artist means being flighty. You give artists a good name, that mother just abuses the stereotype”
Facets
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Daniel appeared quickly, looking a bit bewildered. I realized then this was the first phone call he’s gotten since we moved
Serial
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
“I thought, maybe I’ll call you, but you’d just tell me they’re all idiots and I should ignore them, and that wasn’t ...
Musings
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
My cousin and I grew up, married, had kids, but come Chanukah we’d still pose like chassan and kallah with a birthda ...