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This Precious Meal

This Precious Meal Can I make you some fried eggs? Simple words, a simple gesture really. I eat the words, the offer, more hungrily than the eggs, Though I languor over them to slow this precious meal, For it isn’t this aging Jewish woman, Holocaust survivor from and in my grandfather’s home town of Khotyn […]

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Any Moment is the Right Moment

People are often asking me what’s it like to be back from India, to be here in America. So far it’s been wonderful. I feel in a way like I can be anywhere and still be fine. I was reminded of this quote below by Panchen. He/she knew something very simple, yet very wise. Any […]

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As Me

I’m back in my home again, and what a sweet place it is to be. When I pulled into the driveway, I sat there for a minute anticipating the smell of the sea air (which is something I had really missed). I got out and it was intoxicating. The air here is so alive, the […]

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Butterfly, You Surprise Me

I remember a long time ago now sailing with my father and his wife off the coast of the Dominican Republic. Although there were swells, the wind was low so the sea was actually very calm. We came across a butterfly lying still, floating on the surface of the ocean, and I thought to myself, […]