There is a prayer said every day during the Shacharis (morning) prayer service that goes like this: "Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who fashioned man with wisdom, and created within him many openings and many cavities. It is obvious and known before Your Throne of Glory that if but one of them were to be ruptured or but one …
One week ago today little baby Murray was born. All seemed well at first. But by Tuesday he was transferred to the neo natal intensive care unit at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on 68th St. Pure joy turned into absolute fear. Excitement to worry. Tears of happiness into tears of painful sadness. The wonderful news is that after five days in NICU …
After a long labor that started yesterday morning, our third little grandchild was born at 5 am this morning. Little baby Murray Bernstein (yes, Murray) entered the world. Congratulations Josh and Lisa, well done! We are anxiously awaiting the word to come to the hospital and meet this little boy. Nothing much else to write about today. Life is …
We had a formal affair last night, the 100th anniversary of our synogogue. I had my tuxedo dry cleaned, shoes polished, and bow tie pressed. I like tying my own bow tie. It is more authentic than buying one of the already tied ties -- more Bond-ish, though I have no idea if James Bond tied his own ties or not. Anyway, I have been tying my own bow …
Eve is in Puerto Rico. We facetimed yesterday. She was standing on the beach in the ocean with some kind of colorful cocktail, me in over a foot of snow with a beer. My plans to go to Brooklyn and then to see a movie were snuffed out. I spent my day eating a lot, watching about ten episodes of Shameless and the snow pile towards the top of the s …
The Box is coming. It comes every year the same day, January 29th, Eve's birthday. It started about 15 years ago when a friend of hers got her a small birthday gift, like a box of cookies. When his birthday arrived in May, Eve put new gift wrap on the same box with the cookies and gave it back to him. The following January, he added a small presen …
Star Wars is back! And who would not go see it? We did, of course. We took Eve's father. He had not seen any of the Star Wars movies, which I find incomprehensible. I think he is the only person I ever met who has not. Of all movies of all time, Star War and the Godfather are must sees by my calculation, just because they are really good and have …
I don't know where it came from, Jews going out for Chinese on Christmas. I am not sure I ever have. This year Eve's father came over and she made a delicious dinner. But we did go out for Chinese last night, a new upscale Asian restaurant in Rye. It was quite good. We had ordered some vegetable fried rice, and for some reason that I could not …
I especially think about my parents in December. They both have December birthdays -- my mother the 17th, and my father the 21st. Eve's parents by chance were also December babies -- her father the 15th, and her mother the 22nd. Of the four of them, only Eve's 96 year old father, Rupert, is still with us. We had a splendid little family birthday …
I have never seen this before. Toilet seat handles. Now why didn't I think of that.
The New York Times got it right yesterday with its first page one editorial in nearly 100 years. Its plea to Congress to pass some sensible gun laws will probably have little effect though. No mass murders over the past number of years have; not even enough for Congress to prohibit anyone on the "no fly" list from buying an assault weapon. This t …
The news the other day reported that pillow fights are now banned. They are causing too many injuries. No, this was not about pillow fights at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, or the local junior high schoo pajama partyl. And it was not Victoria's Secret banning pillow fighting photo shoots - heaven forbid. It is coming from the superintendent of the …
There sure is a lot of bad news these days. Lots of killings - Paris, Israel, Mali. It is a pretty scary world. And some of the ideas about how to deal with it can be pretty scary too. Especially from you know who. It's important to remember the good things, even if they don't make headlines. After all, this is the time of year to be grateful. …
I have very low tolerance for broken things. Mainly because I am not good at fixing them. Most of it is a matter of patience, and when it comes to things that don't work, I have very ittle. Like when I turn on the TV and all I see is fuzz. I look around at the five remote controls in the closet, slam the door closet door shut, and ask Eve to call …
According to Robin Williams's widow, he suffered Lewey body dementia and he took his life to avoid having to live with the progressively worsening symptoms of the disease. These symptoms include hallucinations, often of animals and children, according to an article in the New York Times this week. The early stages of the disease, when a person ha …
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