My brother has “gratitude” tattooed on his inner wrist. The gothic script flows blue-black across his pale flesh, engraved on the pulse-point. At quick glance, the shadow on skin disturbs me– evoking numbers stamped on a concentration camp inmate. We are children of a Jewish father, so this cultural memory carries weight. My brother got [...]
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Grateful or Not?
November 30th, 2009 No Comments
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Thanksgiving Unplugged
November 29th, 2009 No Comments
I forgot my laptop and my digital camera this Thanksgiving. What sweet relief. We managed to bring both girls, the dog, our bags, a pumpkin-rum pie and a cranberry-raisin pie. A. and C. ate Grannie’s chocolate-chip cookies for snack, Redi-Whip (without pie) for the Thanksgiving feast, and vanilla ice cream cones for dessert. Then [...]
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