Daily Archives: May 17, 2006

Happy dad, proud uncle, homely husband…

Each of the boys called to wish us a happy anniversary.  Makes me happy that they’re so thoughtful.  This week my niece Catherine and my nephew John graduate from college.  I’m proud of both of them.  Examining my face, my shape, in the mirror I find it baffling (but wonderful) that Beth has stuck with [...]

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Mother tonguers…

We had lunch today at Bahary, a little seafood place in a Palestinian neighborhood in Bay Ridge, Borough of Brooklyn. It was a guy place. Beth was the only woman. The guys spoke Arabic and English, shifting from one to the other with a graceful fluidity that was to envy. We had been driving on [...]

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