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The Perfect Spiral is a Thing of Beauty

Posted on May 31, 2026 by

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Two teenage Jewish girls are playing catch with a football in the middle of our street. They are early teens, maybe thirteen or fourteen, and, of course, they are wearing skirts because their family is Orthodox as are all the Jewish families on our… Continue Reading “The Perfect Spiral is a Thing of Beauty”

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Girl Hive

Posted on July 26, 2014 by

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As I get older I want bigger and bigger rings. I notice at the pool that the very old women have extraordinary rings on their fingers and I think that it’s appropriate, justified for what they’ve gone through and what they’re facing next. Of… Continue Reading “Girl Hive”

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