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daily kaddish: for the ruptured raptor rapture

Posted on 22 May 201123 May 2011 by erin

My sister-in-law Jen suggested a Kaddish for the rapture that didn’t happen on Saturday.

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the doors

Posted on 21 May 201123 May 2011 by mira

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….

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daily kaddish: turbo kaddish

Posted on 21 May 2011 by erin

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.

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a kaddish for captain jack sparrow

Posted on 21 May 2011 by mira

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…

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daily kaddish: gud shabbes

Posted on 20 May 2011 by erin

Coming at the end of a long, hard week, this is a “Gud shabbes!” Kaddish in the “TGIF!” sense of it.

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daily kaddish: the sadness of hard decisions

Posted on 19 May 201119 May 2011 by erin

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.

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daily kaddish: for Phil Zahorsky

Posted on 19 May 2011 by erin

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.

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daily kaddish: for calvin smith

Posted on 17 May 2011 by erin

A kaddish for the esteemed horn soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue Calvin Smith, who was my first horn teacher.

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daily kaddish: for nanc, the day after her yahrtzeit

Posted on 16 May 201117 May 2011 by erin

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.

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daily kaddish: for nanc on her yahrtzeit

Posted on 15 May 2011 by erin

Today is Nancy Ring’s Yahrtzeit. She died at home after a long struggle with ovarian cancer.

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