well, if it's in my wardrobe, i guess. just ask my sister.
the biggest news is that my father, well, elinor's father, also, died peacefully on Tuesday night, October 6, 2009. while it was not totally unexpected, and he had been failing rather dramatically of late, the finality of it all is a tad overwhelming. this makes 4 in a row since march 2007 when my mother died.
it was pretty interesting how he choreographed it, in a sense. he told the cleaning lady that he had a dream in which my mother appeared and told him it was time. he got to see daniel and elinor and tom last weekend. he saw his doctor, his yoga teacher. and he waited until elinor and i got down to LA. (but only about 3 hours). amazing story.
the funeral was friday, 10/9 at noon. here is the obituary from the LA Times:
Jack Levine
Born in Lithuania, son of Freda and Rabbi Lipman Levine, he was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
A long-time Santa Monica resident, Jack died peacefully at home. Jack and Ann came to California in the '40s where he first worked as a longshoreman. A graduate of UCLA law school and labor lawyer, he represented many unions and was the attorney for the committee that worked to save the Watts Towers in the '60s.
Jack loved classical music, especially symphonies and string quartets, and had a great appreciation for art. He will be remembered for his strong sense of ethics and social justice, and great kindness.
Predeceased by his wife, Ann, survived by daughters Deborah and Elinor, and grandsons Jeremy and Daniel. Services will be held at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela, on Friday, October 9 at noon.
A celebration of Jack's life will be held at a later date.
or with the photo here:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=134140408
we are all doing pretty well ok. i came home to sj in time for simchat torah service and a lot of hugs. this morning's service was pretty amazing also. there is a yizkor (memorial) service as part of this week's shabbat morning service and it was so quiet when the words of the mourner's kaddish were recited. everyone there was thinking of particular individuals and could hardly get the words out.
then replaced the car battery (original equipment) which had drained as i had the cell phone in to charge while i was on a long distance call. ah well. i was close to the mechanics and it was really easy.
ah yes. so what's that about the neutral color?
elinor's flight was sooner than mine and she had not a lot of time at home to pack so she called requesting that i bring sox, thin ones. i grabbed several pairs. two of which were kind of lavender ... elinor is like linda in that there are palettes, grey, brown, black, blue. fortunately there was a pair of blue sox that went with the shirt, inside the black shoes of mine that elinor was able to wear. so yeah, lavender can be neutral, in my closet.
probably only need to do one load of laundry. took the packing list in. clothing is almost done. easy squeezy. so far. leaving on wednesday. that's the plan.
