kaddish in two-part harmony
A conversation between an anthropologist and a musician along with a growing virtual minyan, on themes of death and dying, grief, ritual, and the interplay between music and words.about
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daily kaddish: for Xena
Tonight’s Kaddish is for my friends Eric and Jody’s beloved cat Xena, a beautiful tortoiseshell who had to be put down after she began losing the battle with lung cancer. Continue reading
daily kaddish: for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ obituary had been written thousands of times before he got around to dying. I think the heap of Apple equipment I listed above will do just fine as mine. Oh, and one more thing— Continue reading
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Tagged Airport, Apple, cancer, iChat, icons, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac, MacBook Pro, one more thing, pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs
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daily kaddish: for kirstin, in music
Recently an acquaintance of mine died, ridiculously young.
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Tagged alone, cancer, church music, Episcopalian, grief, health insurance, Kirstin Paisley, melanoma, ritual
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daily kaddish: for kirstin, in words
I asked Mira to record text for a Kaddish for an acquaintance of mine who died ridiculously young, Kirstin Paisley. I’ll write more about her tomorrow. Continue reading
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Tagged alone, cancer, grief, kaddish, kaddish in two-part harmony, melanoma, ritual
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a kaddish for miss pants
Candy Pants was my dad’s hunting dog, retired to California, endured four dogs’ worth of veterinary crises, and healed me—not exactly in that order. Continue reading
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Tagged black lab, cancer, chocolate lab, death and dying, dogs, embouchure, healing, labrador retrievers, life cycle, musicians, rebirth, rosacea, Rottweiler, trauma, yizkor
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