I live for the doors. I wait for them. It’s an exercise in great patience. Endurance even. First off, however, this is not a post about Jim Morrison. Though it could be. He walked through these doors as well. So. I wait for doors. Wait for them to open. I watch them start to shut….
daily kaddish: turbo kaddish
Today has been one of those frenetic, multi-tasking kind of days, as I try to get a zillion business and personal things done before rushing off to a gig. I figured the Kaddish might as well match the rest of the day.
a kaddish for captain jack sparrow
Okay. So. Another Pirates of the Caribbean came out today. And I had absolutely no plans to see it. But we happened to be in the neighborhood, and there wasn’t a line, and there were plenty of tickets, and the timing was right — There were also plenty of good seats. Bad omen, right? Good…
daily kaddish: gud shabbes
Coming at the end of a long, hard week, this is a “Gud shabbes!” Kaddish in the “TGIF!” sense of it.
daily kaddish: the sadness of hard decisions
Tonight’s Kaddish expresses the grief and indescribable sadness of reaching a wrenching decision—when no amount of certainty can ease any of the pain.
daily kaddish: for Phil Zahorsky
The Bay Area lost a great trombone player and human being today. Philip Charles Zahorsky died in his sleep this morning after a long battle with cancer. May he rest in peace.
daily kaddish: for calvin smith
A kaddish for the esteemed horn soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue Calvin Smith, who was my first horn teacher.
daily kaddish: for nanc, the day after her yahrtzeit
For the first time since we started this project, I felt for myself the gratitude (in this case to Mira) that others have told us about when we’ve recorded Kaddishim for their lost loved ones.
daily kaddish: for nanc on her yahrtzeit
Today is Nancy Ring’s Yahrtzeit. She died at home after a long struggle with ovarian cancer.
daily kaddish: with friends and colleagues
We hosted a small dinner gathering of localization professionals, which presented an opportunity to collaborate with a pair of native speakers reading Kaddish.