by Debra Darvick | Sep 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I knew that the call, or email, would eventually come. Word that Clara had died. She was over one hundred after all. No one lives forever. But when such news arrives it still lands like a fist to the heart. Clara was the mother of my first love. She welcomed me into...
by Debra Darvick | Oct 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Each year, the cycle of reading the Torah (Hebrew Bible) begins anew. Across the world, in every synagogue the same parasha (section) is read, either specific selections for those synagogues on a triennial cycle of reading, or the entire section. Yesterday we read the...
by Debra Darvick | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Anyone who walks this neighborhood knew which one you were talking about when you mentioned the Spanish house. It was one of the town’s oldest. The one with the red tile roof. The one whose charming arched front door had been treated like a fine painting:...
by Debra Darvick | Mar 30, 2015 | Musings, Read the Spirit, Uncategorized
Passover Seder ranks as every Jew’s number one most favorite, most highly attended, most fondly remembered, most eagerly anticipated of any holiday dinner of the year. OK, you’ll hear good-natured kvetching from the women who spend the weeks cleaning the...
by Debra Darvick | Sep 22, 2014 | Musings, Read the Spirit, Uncategorized
The restoration of a painting is as good a metaphor as any this time of year. Rosh Hashana begins Wednesday evening. We are in the waning days of the month of Elul, a time given over to introspection as Jews prepare not only for the New Year but for Yom...
by Debra Darvick | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
We don’t talk about pooping in polite company but boy if you can’t poop, it’s nearly all you can think about. When I was creating the Mom’s 10 Commandments of Health poster, I knew I wanted one of them to focus on the miracle of the systems of...
