Tag: #BringThemHomeNow

  • IT’S ONLY A RECIPE

    IT’S ONLY A RECIPE

    Right now, the aroma wafting from our kitchen is the chocolate chunk Mandel Bread baking in our oven for our celebration of Hanukkah. We are celebrating Hanukkah and our love for the Jewish community. My husband’s father is full-blooded Italian, and we know his family enjoyed the same cookie, but they called it Biscotti.  I remind…

  • I Say, Let Them Protest and Protect Them

    I was 12 years old when the song “Ohio” hit the radio airwaves, and I cannot help thinking about the history of this song, my personal history as a child growing up in the 70s, my history as a college professor, and the current situation at Universities all over the United States. I am worried…

  • WE DONATE FOOD BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER STARVED FOR ONE THING

    WE DONATE FOOD BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER STARVED FOR ONE THING

    The other day some asshole yelled at me: “Hey, what’s in the bags?” and this blog post is my response because in general, people who yell stuff at me make me feel afraid.  MOST Fridays before Shabbat service begins, my husband and I make an in-kind food donation to David D. Frazier Food Pantry at…