Why can’t anyone agree on the spelling of the word matzoh? I’m sure there’s an official, rabbi-blessed version, but it’s either post this recipe or waste time surfing the web. Here’s a recipe I ripped out of Parents magazine in 2004. I’ve made it a couple times, with success, which means it’s foolproof! Matzoh Toffee Bark […]
No sooner had I emailed my old friend Ruthie (wife of Eric) than she shot back the matzo kugel recipe, as though she’d been waiting for me to ask. (She admitted she always thinks of me this time of the year, when she wets the matzo, remembering how that always cracked me up when we […]
I just tried to Google the word kugel, and got myself laughing. Go ahead, try saying it 10 times, fast: “google kugel.” Actually, it sounds like a tasty dish: Googlekugel. I’m Googling kugel (a casserole — it usually calls for noodles or potatoes, can be sweet or savory) because I can’t find my old friend Eric […]
Be a clown. Be a clown. All the world loves a clown. I wonder if even Judy Garland and Gene Kelly bought into that, because I’m pretty sure I’ve never met anyone who actually likes clowns. Til Sophie. She digs them. Well, not the way Sophie digs stuff and gets all OCD about it. (This morning […]
What started off as sweet this morning turned ugly by this afternoon. I just listened to a voicemail from Ms. X. Sophie actually made a little boy at school cry today, insisting that he’s not invited to her birthday party. I can’t believe this. Here I’ve spent all of her life (well, except for the three […]
This morning began well before 7 with several (unintentionally, I’m sure) sharp kicks to my lower back and a loud announcement. “It’s April! Then May!” I rolled over in the bed and followed the script. “And what happens in May, Sophie?” “MY BIRFDAY!!!!!!!!!!!” I have created a monster. (Apologies to Sandra Boynton. I love her “Birthday Monsters” […]
I am on my way to teach tonight, and have no business blogging or surfing or facebooking or emailing or even working, but as I was wrapping things up to get the hell out of the office, I noticed that I hadn’t checked out a link suggested by the fabulous Robert Polk. I haven’t had […]
Dorcas the Physical Therapist looked a little concerned this morning. “Do you notice,” she asked, “that Sophie complains a lot about being tired?” I rolled my eyes. Yes, I told her. That’s Sophie’s latest “thing” — she loves to have an easy, go-to topic of conversation. Recent comments/questions (made/asked several times in the span of […]
The Grandma Shrine came down last night. It felt like it was time. I kept all the photos out on the mantle, but the cards and other random Grandma-ish stuff (a page from Annabelle’s journal, a bracelet she’d given Annabelle, the empty hair cream container she also gave her and a bunch of condolence cards) […]
