Rachel Mankowitz describes the Jewish custom of sukkah as inviting our ancestors to eat with us in the holidays.
May this sukkah, vulnerable to sun and wind and rain, teach us that real peace comes not from an external structure, but from the strength of the community that gathers within.
Sheila Morris
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you are out of your lane
“There will be a resistance to your ambition. There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane,’ because they are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged 1984 presidential election, 2016 presidential election, 2020 election, asylum seekers, black lives matter, former vice president joe biden, geraldine ferraro, Hillary Clinton, inflection point, refugees, senator kamala harris, walter mondale
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Back to the Basics: Seinfeld, Hot Dog Baskets and Yushino
Time to focus on the basics once again following the gut-wrenching defeat that was Election Day at Casa de Canterbury. Pretty and I stayed up until 3 o’clock this morning to watch the results by ourselves after our last two … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 presidential election, death of maya angelou, Hillary Clinton, hot dog baskets, seinfeld, yushino
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