Tag Archives: family Happy Hanukkah! Whether you’re celebrating or not, you’re going to love these latkes! There are as many opinions about what makes a good latke as there are about matzoh balls, but I have never met anyone who didn’t love them! Even if you won’t be celebrating, if you have never tried one, it’s time. They […]  Here is the row of pitchers on my windowsill. There are five of them, plus a sixth pot. I made the five pitchers and the small lidded jar was made by Jim Makins. I can see them when I sit at the kitchen counter, where I write. They remind me of something I did once, but no […]  Thanksgiving is celebrated all over the world, and for me Thanksgiving this year is a day I am particularly thankful. The past six weeks have been very tough for me personally, and even tougher for the world. Things feel like they are careening out of control from the hordes of people following Donald Trump (regardless, […]  “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…” There are other Thanksgiving songs, but this one is the one that conjures up images of the many Thanksgivings we spent at my parents’ house in the Berkshires. It was a journey for all of us, and the drive from Philadelphia included crossing […]  I was raised in a home filled with anger. My parents, both difficult people and each on their second marriage (and dealing with a very non-Brady blended family) had what I would characterize as a stormy relationship. My siblings and I were often pulled into their private dramas, or used as pawns by one to […] |
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