June, 2010 Dear Rabbi Gellman, Today’s article in Newsday about clergy services brings up a story I want to tell you. (I faithfully read your articles and truly enjoy the insight you bring into them. I love you humor!) My husband’s family is what we call Reformed Jewish family. He grew up in Forest Hills. His [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Haaste
Posted in Haasteet//Challenges on October 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sain Railatertulta mielenkiintoisen haasteen: Vastaa kysymyksiin omaa elämääsi kuvaavien kirjojen nimillä. Kaunokirjallisuutta tai muuta on lupa valita. Railatertulle haaste tuli Reijalta, joka päätti lisätä vaikeusastetta valitsemalla kirjat omasta hyllystään. Minusta se helpotti valintaa huomattavasti, oli kuin olisi jäänyt kiinni lunttauksesta! Siis lunttasin, minäkin. Tulet huomaamaan, että suurin osa kirjoistani on puutarha-, sisustus- tai keittokirjoja. Haastan [...]
WONDERS
Posted in Nature/Luonto on October 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Have you been to the Alps? Have you been to Gornegrad, over 10 000 ft high, facing the beautiful Matterhorn? Last October the weather was lovely, minus 11 C, clear, the breeze fresh. Between the train stop and the restaurant there was a sitting area, where the sun was so strong that I could [...]
Seasons
Posted in Nature/Luonto on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To be interested in the changing of seasons is happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring. -George Saunders
There for me
Posted in People/Ihmiset on October 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
2010 Come see me on Wednesday. (Not, let’s see if we can find an appointment next week some time.) Come see me on Wednesday. Confident. Radiant. Masculine. 1970 I came to see you. (Not, sorry, I seem to interrupt your breakfast, another time, maybe.) I came to see you. Masculine. Radiant. [...]
NATALYA
Posted in People/Ihmiset on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Someone strokes my hand, softly. Someone speaks to me, softly. Before: I don’t like soft. I don’t like sweet. I don’t want pity. I am a queen of pity parties without help. Later: We spend hours, days, yes, months in the treatment room in her office. On the leather chair I watch [...]
ART
Posted in People/Ihmiset on October 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
We both love art. You paint like Rembrandt, Bigger pictures, Within the lines. Full of people and their stories You save lives. I paint too, Bigger brushes I paint like Pollock, No lines, no stories I splash a lot. We both love art, Yet We are worlds apart.
10 hullua
Posted in Letters/Kirjeitä on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wihdissä, 11.10.1917 Lämmin tervehdys sulle monesta aikaa, oli oikein hauskaa, kun vielä muistit minua kirjeellä. Olen ollut täällä Wihdissä toista vuotta. Mielisairasten hoitajana. Olen vaan sellainen vanhan piian tallukka. Kyllä ne ajat vaan kuluvat ja minäkin olen ehtinyt sitä jalkeen, kun sieltä läksin, olla monessa paikassa. Mutta kyllä nyt olen ajatellut, etten enää kauvaa viitsi [...]
