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How to Pay a Shiva Call

Millet recipes (I tried the millet cakes – as a pilaf, it was delicious, but it failed to become cakes. Maybe I’ll cheat and add eggs and a binder like matza meal).

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• Ilana-Davita reviewed A Year with My Father. We all await the English translation (it’s in French).
• A Mother in Israel wrote about An Alternative to Adler: Parenting Answers from Dr. Gordon Neufeld.
• This broccoli rabe recipe on Simply Recipes looked appealing (if I link to it, will I remember to try it?).
• Are you afraid of Twitter? Try one of these three approaches: Smart, Friendly or Responsive.
• It was D-Day this past week, and I heard very little about it. But Jew Wishes had a commemorative D-Day post.
• Robin is doing the photo meme Summer Stock Sunday again this summer.

Thursday Challenge: Urban

New York City is a great place for viewing contrasting architecture: here’s modern, paned glass with nineteenth century brick and mansard roofs. This is somewhere near 6th or 7th Avenues, in the forties or high thirties.

Thursday’s Challenge is “URBAN” (Buildings, Traffic, Graffiti, Signs, People,…). Next week’s challenge is METALLIC (Metal, Shiny, Mirror, Clothes, Cars, Jewelry,…).

Nature Notes: Catbirds Return

My daughter and I were on the porch yesterday, and we heard a cat cry. No, maybe it was a baby. No, it was two birds, meowing at each other. Now I know why these are called gray catbirds. Here is my gray catbird photo from last summer.

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Strawberry Against Blue

Last week I featured a radish; this week here are homegrown strawberries. Can you guess what the bright blue background is?

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Today’s Flowers: Mexican Primrose

I bought this perennial plant last year, and all I got last season were greens. This past spring we have been treated to these lovely, delicate pink flowers. This post suggested one can grow mexican evening primrose with african daisies for a lovely pale pink with dark purple combination.

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