Posted in Chicagoland, family, soups on Nov 6th, 2009
Why does this post merit repeat viewing? First, we’re now fully immersed in fall, and all the red and gold and chilly, early nights send me straight to the soup pot. Next, it’s almost a year since my dad passed away. When a blog-world acquaintance’s father recently died, the generously shared details of her loss [...]
Posted in chicken, family, Holiday, Kansas on Jun 20th, 2009
We’re on the road this weekend, toward Western Kansas, to Abilene, to stare at some pretty country, to fret about tornadoes, to visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum. We toured Ike’s boyhood home, gawked at parlor chairs and portraits and sifters, trying to find out what makes great men great. Here in Mrs. Eisenhower’s [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, family on Dec 13th, 2008
Gratitude. Soft as a blue sweatshirt, and warmer than onion soup. That’s how I feel about you people, surely the loveliest readers in blogdom. Your care and kindness came through in every comment. When the first slaps – funeral day, stricken friends, tired eyes – have passed, then comes the harder work of going forward. [...]
I’ve been absent from Simmer all week, with good reason. This is my Dad, with Josie, last year. My father – Murray Joel Pollack – passed away last Friday, December 5, at the too-young age of 66. Dad was a great guy, and if you asked any friend, cousin, relative or business pal, that’s what [...]
