LifeTakesTuesday, May 26, 2020Rock SolidThere it was, a faded sign, a pitch-dark eatery. We were the only patrons
Veiled JoyWednesday, April 22, 2020Veiled Plans: Glints of LightWhile Fear stalks our community, Joy finds a foothold too. In backyards and living rooms, people celebrate new beginnings. The celebration is dimmed, but the happiness is not
LifeTakesSunday, April 05, 2020RootedWe will sit, not with parents or grandparents, but ourselves, like we do on a Tuesday evening for a lazy supper
CalligraphySunday, April 05, 2020Stone’s ThrowAround her the kids are screaming, but Dena can hear something else. The hiss of onions maybe, an angry hiss, like they’re charring
In the Shadow of CoronaWednesday, April 01, 2020Not Alone“The birth was smooth, the babies are healthy. My mother wasn’t here, but she got me a neis”
WindowsWednesday, March 25, 2020The Red CoatShe holds the coat close. It smells of mothballs and blind faith
LifeTakesWednesday, February 26, 2020Faces We WearI look at the pictures. At the widow’s smile. Did I smile like that today, yesterday?
MusingsWednesday, February 05, 2020The Boy on the Train"I’m a mom and a therapist because when this happens, you become a therapist”
LifeTakesWednesday, February 05, 20202020We rolled it off our tongues: “Twenty-twenty.” Distant and foreign sounding and a million miles away
FictionWednesday, October 23, 2019The ExchangeSix boys. Six yeshivos. Six chasunahs — well, seven, if you counted Yoni’s first marriage. Now they were starting to marry off the grandchildren