by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 20, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
If I were to boil down many Jewish holidays—their stories, their themes—down to a single word, it would be perseverance. Exodus, the paucity of oil, the lack of time even to let the bread rise, I mean, life was hard again and again. Judaism marks its...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 23, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Before the little gal began vomiting, the week—with two kids off the whole week, one off for a couple of days and the little one on her three mornings at school schedule—included plans. A bunch of which were dashed by her illness and attendant (wholly...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 24, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Two years ago today marks my inaugural Standing in the Shadows post; I went back to find it for you (here). Happy blog-o-versary to me! I so had no idea what I was getting myself into two years ago. I’ve spent way more time on this blog than I imagined I would,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 26, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
When you are a gourmet-leaning tween with aspirations of chef in your future, two things are clear: one, you dream up complex meals you hope to create and two, cooking for people you care about is one of the biggest pleasures in your life. So it goes in my house....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 28, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
One of the unfortunate events that took place this weekend was a toilet overflow (and not the first). Rather than delve into the mucky details (our house and sewage issues are not on friendly terms at present), I’ll just get to the upshot: we are getting a new...
