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Family First Serial

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

To Rock the Cradle: Chapter 13

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Calligraphy: Succos 5784

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

I reminded myself that I had no reason to worry. Maybe things would happen at the last minute, but my mother would help me pull this off, I knew I could rely on her

Sidekick

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The excitement of buying, the relief of returning, and all other packages in between

Sidekick

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Name, Rank, and Insurance Number

Just sign here, and here, and here, and here

Sidekick

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

The Hats We Wear

You slowly discover the many hats you’ve invited onto your head

Musings

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Trajectory of a Little Something

Surely, having returned the pouch to its owner, you will never see this pouch again

Calligraphy

Monday, April 03, 2023

Wrinkles are an honor when grandchildren count them. He has his four grandchildren from his son Meir. I, as he’s well aware, am a bubby to no one.

Sidekick

Monday, April 03, 2023

The Traditional Pesach Menu: Before, During, and After

It’s like a conglomeration of the years of plenty and the years of hunger. There’s nothing, nothing to eat, and yet, there are egg kichels

Family Farce: Purim 5783

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

To Be Honest — The (Much) Better Half

If you’re a guy and you have a wife, you already know most of what I’m going to tell you

Flashback

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Flashback: Windows — Mishloach Manos 101, Issue 581

Think. What could you send that’s classy, pretty, original, up-to-date, easy to prepare, easy to transport, and doesn’t cost a small fortune? Nothing.

Sidekick

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Of Pets and Peeves

How else would I find an audience of these proportions who will willingly listen to me whine?

Family Tempo

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

We’d always been best friends — until I learned one secret too many