sarah in nyc

 Sorry folks, lots of topics to be covered in this post. I hope that I can keep it all coherent. If it isn't  coherent I'm sorry. Today is my mother's 11th Yahrzeit. This is my favorite photo of my mother. I found it in her college-era wallet after she died. My mother is leaning against her dear friend Devorah  who I cropped so I could just focus on my mother's face. I don't know of another photo where my mother looks so completely at ease and joyful. I remember the camelhair coat from my earliest childhood. I am posting more photos of snow for the benefit of my relatives and friends in Israel or in other warm weather places. I love the snow on the fire escapes. Luckily the fire escapes weren't needed while the snow was deep on the metalwork.   I loved seeing how deep the snow was on the tree branches. During the worst of the storm people were walking in the middle of Broadway. By the next day that was no longer possible. I just noticed that traffic is travellin...

 The snow began slowly this morning. Unlike the weather people, I thought that this would be a big nothing. Now it is evening and I declare this to be a real snow. We have enough food for the next several days. I spent the day taking care of household chores and also working on Tim's atara. The air conditioner that is at my left shoulder now is nicely capped in snow. Stay warm. it's good weather to drink hot cocoa. My father had a bad back. Growing up, snow shoveling fell to my my mother, my sisters and me. After we had cleared the snow off of the back steps, the car, the driveway, the side walk, the front walk and front steps we would comeback into the house. My father would have a pitcher of cocoa waiting for us. This wasn't an envelope of Swiss Miss but Drostes Cocoa simmered on the stovetop with milk, sugar and vanilla.  The cocoa was always served in this hand thrown Italian ceramic pitcher. I can't look at this pitcher and not remember the feeling of filling my co...

 Some of today has been near-total white-out. A moment before I took this photo this woman was walking in the middle of Broadway.  She walked out of the middle of the street because she could see cars heading south. The scaffolding and netting outside of my window changes and shapes my view. I am glad that we are warm and dry inside our apartment.

snow...Perfect light fluffy snow that didn't even stick.