By Heidi Schloss Listen.Listen to the sounds of barn lifeIn spring.To the neighing and snorting of horsesAs their heads appear From out of their stalls; Curious, as if to say,“What’s going on?” ListenTo the soft padding ofKitten feet on dirtAnd purrs, as she settles down to sleep.To the joyful arrival of the […]
Seasons
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Time to spring into SpringMakes you want to dance and singIt puts spring in every stepYou’re full of energy and pep It’s time to turn ahead the clockYou’ll want to buy a lacy frockThings to do—set a goalWeather’s nice, just take a stroll After winter’s long doldrumsWe can’t wait for spring to […]
Below is a German poem I used to love as a teenager, with a professional translation and my own very loose one. ∼ Er ist’s ∼ Frühling läßt sein blaues BandWieder flattern durch die Lüfte;Süße, wohlbekannte DüfteStreifen ahnungsvoll das Land.Veilchen träumen schon,Wollen balde kommen.– Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!Frühling, ja du bist’s!Dich […]
February, oh FebruaryA month of doom and gloomCertainly in my cold heartFor you there’s little room Your skies are always steely grayGrass so brown and trees so bareGroundhog Phil emerges grumpyAbout his shadow he doesn’t care Twenty-eight days are long enoughTo endure your drearinessAnd hasten the countdownTo Spring’s more cheeriness […]
It is Thursday evening, December 22, 2022. The fifth night of Chanukkah. A few days earlier, our son had suggested that we sponsor a Chanukkah family get-together in our condo. My husband’s physical condition does not permit us to join our family at another location. “You will not have to […]
When my grandson, Nicholas, was 19 years old, the family was at our home for our annual Chrismukkah holiday party. We were sitting on the couch discussing the ways in which different people celebrate this winter holiday when Nicholas asked, “Granny Lyn, am I Jewish?” Some Family History “Not exactly,” […]
In his Baltimore accent, my dad used to say, “If you don’t like the weather in Balmer, wait five minutes, and it’ll change.” I didn’t know then that this is something Baltimorians say all the time. I thought he made it up! In any case, it’s the truth. In fact, […]
Springis that you?The warmth I feel from the sunthe clear sky,lounging on my porchwith no mittensno hatno heavy coatto keep the cold away? So nice and peacefulnot battling the cold. But… is this just a tease?Springare you teasing us?And you, Winterwill you returnwith your cold, icy darknessthat robs meof warmth? […]
Snow in Baltimore is an experience, a bit meshugah (crazy) and always filled with nuttiness. Just hearing the word “snow” in the forecast is enough to start a stampede to the grocery store. I don’t recall this phenomenon growing up. Weather forecasting was not as precise back then, so maybe we rolled […]