[as if in dreams] A newsletter from Joseph Zitt - 18 October 2023
For Facebook The office kitchen no longer smells of asparagus. That's good. We have an excellent coffee machine in there. One of my bosses walks in as I'm...
[as if in dreams] A newsletter from Joseph Zitt - 17 October 2023
The cat hotel is back. My landlords set it out every autumn: an array of clean cardboard boxes, tucked along a wall on the covered patio. The neighborhood...
[as if in dreams] A newsletter from Joseph Zitt - 16 October 2023
A few drops of rain fall on me on the way to work, but don't trigger anything more. That's good. I have left my jacket at home. The kittens, dry and fluffy,...
[as if in dreams] a newsletter from Joseph Zitt - 16 October 2023
The rain comes and goes overnight and into the morning. The kittens in the yard stumble around, soggy and confused. While they're almost full-grown, this is...
[as if in dreams] a Newsletter from Joseph Zitt - 14 October 2023
I head out for the House of a Hundred Grandmothers at about 5 PM, as I usually do on Shabbat. The street and park are quiet. If I had stayed off media for...
[as if in dreams] A newsletter by Joseph ZItt: 13 October 2023
For most Shabbat dinners, I join my family at the House of a Hundred Grandmothers. Not this week. The dining hall is closed because of the war. I head out at...
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
I wake up intermittently during the night, as usual. Some sounds seem more present in the darkness, although I know what they are and aren't. Living in a...
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
A day of complicated family logistics: A relative has left for the army. He has been caring for his daughter. Her mother has to take over caring for her, but...
Tue, Oct 10, 2023
The line for the self-service registers stretches all the way back to the supermarket's last refrigerated case. A half-dozen loose, broken eggs are scattered...
Mon, Oct 9, 2023
Heading to work, I hear an ascending whine in the distance. Its pitch and timbre sound like the rocket sirens. I freeze. After a moment, the whining drops in...
Sun, Oct 8, 2023
The supermarket is crowded at lunchtime. People are buying a lot. I get in line with my usual lunch (two small cucumbers, a red pepper, a persimmon, a...
Sat, Oct 7, 2023
I actually wrote this early Sunday morning, but forgot that when I named the post and put it up on the newsletter days later. A quick note: We are safe, so...
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