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Tag: divorce

a kaddish for sigrid syltetøy vang, b. 2006, d. 27 February 2018

Posted on 27 February 201828 February 2018 by erin

Sigrid was sweet, fun, goofy, curious; all the usual cat things. Silky and beautiful. By far the most beautiful cat I have ever known.

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daily kaddish: my marriage

Posted on 18 October 201120 October 2011 by erin

Today V and I had our final meeting with the mediator and reached agreement on our settlement.

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daily kaddish: memories shared with good friends

Posted on 17 October 201120 October 2011 by erin

Tonight I had dinner with some dear friends, who know both me and my soon-to-be-ex-wife well.

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daily kaddish: for britt

Posted on 28 September 201129 September 2011 by erin

A kaddish for a damned fine yellow lab, with thanks to Dana and Dave for sharing her with the rest of us.

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daily kaddish: after an all-nighter

Posted on 15 August 2011 by erin

I’m feeling a little ragged tonight. I was up all night last night filling out divorce paperwork.

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daily kaddish: on piano

Posted on 3 August 20117 August 2011 by erin

Still trying to adjust to a household in transition. I don’t have any horns out, so I play a “Kaddish” on piano.

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daily kaddish: for a hopeful household

Posted on 2 August 2011 by erin

After the move-out begins the renewal—or sweeping and mopping, at least.

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daily kaddish: for a shared household

Posted on 31 July 2011 by erin

Recently I’d been telling a friend how I liked that this household division was leaving my house much less full of stuff, how I wanted to have less stuff, and I heard myself saying that even my 7′ piano seemed negotiable. I was wrong about that.

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daily kaddish: on Wagnertube again

Posted on 20 July 2011 by erin

Mira’s text acknowledges the sad house—a house sad with upheaval and division in the wake of my divorce.

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daily kaddish: on Wagnertube

Posted on 20 July 2011 by erin

A Jewish prayer performed on an instrument invented by the famously (perhaps conveniently) anti-Semitic megalomaniacal genius of an asshole Mr Richard Wagner.

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