Category: Elaine zl

Fish tacos, painting details, philosophy in France, catbirds and raspberry, Amsterdam and the Catskills are part of this week’s review.

Remembering my mother, celebrating my son: my mother’s yahrzeit is this coming week. She died a few days after Simchat Torah. My son was born two nights after Simchat Torah.

My mother died ten years ago today. It is her yahrzeit, the anniversary of her death. I lit a memorial candle for her last night, and I had a few friends over for what I call a leil zicharon (night of remembering) or an azkara (memorial). Pictured in the above photo is a happy little [...]

If my mother, z”l (may her memory be blessed), were alive today she would be 84. So I decided to go up to my attic and bring down a few of the photos from her youth. The first one was taken in Russia, as I recognize my great-grandmother in the photo: My mother is the [...]

Mother’s Day is a hard day for me. I really miss my mom. My husband is nice; he usually buys me a new cookbook or another book I might like on Mother’s Day. One year he bought me a nice metal watering can that I cherish. And my father brought me some flowers on Friday [...]

When I visited Newton, MA last weekend, I met a friend of my mother’s. She’s now 84. Last time I spoke with her was when she made a shiva call, so that was in 1998. She repeated many stories as I spoke with her. I introduced myself several times; she showed some recognition when I [...]