sarah in nyc

First the math problem:  I am working on finishing up Linda's tallit. There are four panels of ribbons each need to be sewn into the tallit facing the right direction.  How many possible errors can I make before the tallit is completed? The answer is not yet complete but I have unstiched three times so far, and yes, This is with a three step zig zag stitch. If you can intuit that I am now feeling cranky then you have earned yourself a gold star. Which leads me to the second part of this blog posting. Shavuot begins tonight. If I were not quite so stressed for time I would be making blintzes right now. Because I like my  readers I will share a terrific recipe with you. Most mid-century Jewish community cookbooks will have a recipe for something called blintz souffle. That is a couple of packages of frozen blintzes covered with a mixture of sour cream eggs and sugar and then baked. This is not real food. Don't bother making that dish. About 24 years a...

We rented a car and crossed the great bridge to the mainland. Our destination was Storm King, a place I had wanted to visit for the past thirty years. First, we had to stop for lunch. We ended up stopping to eatat an adorable farm  with lots of chickens.  After lunch we continued our drive to Storm King.  We were part of a long, long line of cars waiting to get in. Most of the sculptures at Storm King are massive and they re-shape your view of the natural world around you.  Sometimes it was hard to tell if something was part of nature or a sculpture. This undulating wall was a piece of sculpture. How could I not include this town that appeared on Googlemaps? I would love to live in Doodletown. Amazon.com Widgets

This was my view as I began my workout this morning. It is mornings like this that make you understand why Hopper painted the way he did.  It wasn't just that he was lonely and depressed and was married to a difficult woman, he was also just painting what he saw. It's Friday so there is lots to cook, but I also have lots of work to get done. I have been working away on Linda's tallit.  Linda is celebrating a birthday of significance. she sent out lengths of ribbons to friends and to family and asked them to write greetings to her on the ribbons. My job is to turn the ribbons into a tallit. Linda is a math teacher and is precise and gives excellent directions. unfortunately, not all of the people who love Linda share these qualities.  I am at the point of working on this tallit where I have to make the wonky -not look wonky. I had to add an extra bit of ribbon to the panels, because what what looked equal on paper did not work out that way in real life...