Mira and I did a Kaddish together at the start of her Jewish Mysticism class at San José State University tonight.
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Erin Vang, PMP, BMus, MMus, is Owner and Principal Pragmatist of the consultancy Global Pragmatica LLC®, offering custom JMP scripting, localization program management, and facilitative leadership services. She is also an orchestral horn player who freelanced in the San Francisco Bay Area and played assorted brass for the celebrated dance bands Midnight Smørgåsbord and contraPtion. She now conducts all her nefarious activities from Vanghalla, in Helena, Montana, where she's principal hornist of the Helena Symphony. More about Erin…
daily kaddish: supine with a sinus infection
Tonight I tried another “Kaddish” lying supine, so that I can get used to the technical challenges that my upcoming collaboration with Charlotte Adams and John Manning will present.
daily kaddish: stumbling
The “only one take, no matter what” rule is bad enough on horn, where I have to let go of clams and splatters, but when I’m taking a huge shortcut and just reading it, and I still want to start over again? Oy.
daily kaddish: still camping
Another kaddish recorded under the redwoods, near a babbling brook.
daily kaddish: camping
A kaddish recorded under the redwoods by a babbling brook in Big Sur.
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daily kaddish: for Keith Abbott Conant
This is one of those “there but for the grace…” Kaddishim.
daily kaddish: for “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” may it rest in ignominious peace
Today’s Kaddish is for that exemplar of awful legislation, the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that finally received its dishonorable discharge from the United States armed forces.
daily kaddish: for Six Feet Under’s Nate Fisher
A kaddish for Nate Fisher and all the real-life people you’ve never heard of who die of HHT.
daily kaddish: Ruth Leavitt Kadish on her Yahrtzeit
Today, we gathered in Mira’s garden with Lori’s family and friends to say a final Kaddish together. Lori organized a simple remembrance, with each of us reading a short piece, Mira reciting Kaddish while I played Kogan’s “Kaddish,” and ultimately all of us reading the Kaddish together.