How hard can it be to make chicken soup, the Jewish penicillin? Every Jewish balabusta (homemaker) knows how to make it. Then why has it taken me over 40 years to get it right? Basic Recipe Here is a basic chicken soup recipe. You need chicken, obviously. Toss in carrots, celery, […]
Eileen Creeger
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Traveling with kids is never easy. But times sure have changed. Then When I was a kid, every summer my parents piled my two sisters and me into the car for the three-day road trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to visit the grandparents. We left at the crack of […]
It was supposed to beA short errand that day.But it turned into a balagonWhat else is there to say? Appointments were madeWith a time to keep.But as we all knowMan plans, then weeps. We stood in lineFor what seemed like hours.My back began hurting,My mood became sour. Fifteen minutes to check […]
Sometimes you meet someone, and you like her very much. The feeling is an instinctual one; something about that person is pleasing. But have you put enough into that friendship? Have you given it your all? Have you truly gotten to know that person? That’s how I feel when I […]
This story is written in memory of my dad, who would have been 101 on July 12, 2022. Growing up, The Store was a major part of my life. What was The Store? It was Baltimore Stamp Company (stamps for collectors!) located at 232 Park Avenue, LE 9-4439, downtown Baltimore. […]
This is what the sock is REALLY thinking! Her feet are stinky, old and smellyWith corns, calluses and bunions.Why would I want to live there?I’m tired of smelling like onions! Some days they hurt and ache.Some days they make her sad!Her shoes no longer fit so good,Which really makes her […]
I found it! I found it!After missing for one yearThe matching orange sport sockWhich to me was very dear. I looked high and low for it.It could have been anywhere.Inside another dresser drawer?Trapped in my clean underwear? Or maybe lost in the dryer.Where do those darn socks go?Perhaps to some […]
Happy birthday, Israel! You are now 74 years young and have accomplished so much in so few years. You have always been part of my life. Remember Jewish National Fund tzedakah (charity) boxes? My pennies, nickels and dimes were collected religiously so that you could plant trees and turn a desert […]
Becoming parents isn’t always as easy as you think. The call It was early September 1982, just after Labor Day. I was at Sinai Hospital, post-op four days bowel resection due to a blockage. Nasal gastric tube down the throat, fuzzy-headed from anesthesia and doped up on pain meds. That’s […]