Review with Painting
Fish tacos, painting details, philosophy in France, catbirds and raspberry, Amsterdam and the Catskills are part of this week’s review.
Category: Elaine zl
– in loving memory of Elaine Wenger 1924 – 1998
Grandmother and Grandson
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.
Ten Years Later
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 […]
Birthday Post for Elaine
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 […]
Baba and Savta
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 […]
Portrait of an Older Woman
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 […]