A Few Small Things

1

No internet or electricity

until tonight. Strange and odd

and liberating. Although I did

go to the sink to wash my hands.

Forgetting.

2

Now, rain and rain and rain.

And the internet.

3

An old neighbor who used to

live in the post office and was

a Serious Christian called to say

her daughter was becoming Jewish.

I was the first person she called.

She bought her daughter

a Jewish star and a Menorah. She asked

what else she should do. I said

buy some books. Maybe Marx and Freud.

4

Today is the birthday of

three good friends.

5

I can wash my hands now.

Hillel sends terrific music. He posted this on Overheard yesterday but I’m reposting in case you didn’t listen. When I was a child my neighbor Anne Marie Corrano said this was the greatest song ever written. Love to all.