Collection

Google search history: how long is beauty school, the carpet from The Shining, beaches West Virginia, burnt leeks and beans. Shabbat times – Hudson, NY, paranormal research groups, towns in New Jersey, cartomancy, Acheinu, what is the day today. 

A silver ring engraved: Gam Zeh Ya’avor — “This Too Will Pass.”  

Hebrew vocabulary word: mamad — saferoom.

Google search history: vegan chocolate chip cookies, the rabbi who went to the mikvah with Jessica on Shahs of Sunset, Moshe Safdie, refrigerator pickles, Cafe Nagler, “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark.” 

A new organ, one year old, made entirely of grief, both separate and extending from the heart. 

Hebrew vocabulary: ein milim — there are no words. 

Google search history: hummingbird costume, Lee Miller Dachau, Lee Miller Hitler’s bathroom,  the average age of menopause

A tallit, now 20 years old, soft and woolen and musty. Beneath it on Rosh Hashanah, sudden, secret tears. A handful of trail mix, oldest friends, lazy pacing. The longest shofar blast, bold and hollow. 

Google search history: Marigolds, sorority recruitment, Jerusalem orchestra, provenance, Juliska factory outlet, Schumacher wallpaper, Ayelet Levy Shachar, Shiri Albag, Rachel Goldberg-Polin. 

Hebrew vocabulary:  hutar lefirsum — cleared for publication. 

A yahrzeit candle with a good, strong flame. 

Google search history: cromulent, sound of subway doors opening and closing. How to sleep when you slept all day. Synonym for forecast, synonym for tunnel, synonym for after.