3am thoughts & threads
I never got what I asked for. When I visited that fake fat guy in the red suit at the downtown Herpolsheimer’s, he didn’t even recognize my brother and me from our visit last year. We took a photo of us sitting on his lap anyway.
First stop of our day is the Sephardic Jewish Foundation. Javier tells me that we have history waiting for discovery... My grandfather leans over, his whiskers tickling my ear, whispering, 'I remember my own grandmother lighting candles every Friday night before dinner, quietly praying. Always quietly, as if no one should hear her words but God.'
“And when the Sun rose the next day, He smiled at the little orange blossom, and said, ‘Welcome, fragrant one. Welcome!’”
There are people who walk through this world with a kind of cool that can’t be manufactured. My brother Jimmy was one of them. He once told me he was always trying to catch up to me. I was almost two years older than him—just 25 days short of that. But in so many ways,... Continue Reading →
“Five was not the middle of nothing. It was the moment you choose direction.” In numerology, Wednesday carries the frequency of the number 5, echoing Mercury’s role as the planet of motion, messages, and mercurial mindsets. As the midpoint of a traditional week, Wednesday embodies the balance of reflection and anticipation — neither a beginning... Continue Reading →
