Here at Amherst

1. the slogan of the town of Amherst is
“I amherst.”
Am I the only one who hears that as
I am hearse?

2. speaking of hearse and Amherst,
what will happen to a college town whose
college decided not to bring students to town?
We went to downtown, playing business bingo.
High horse – closed, Judy’s – closed until further notice,
Subway – open, Antonios (yea, a pizza place, of course) – might survive.
Oh, finally a business that will stay,
the funeral home across from CVS!

3. As someone who learned about the US from mainly
watching the little house on the prairie, 5:30 pm on the Israeli only TV channel,
the show that people got blind and miraculously recovered, or vice versa,
I remember that every now and again,
the entire town, or village, will be wiped out,
due to famine, extreme weather, or a small pandemic;
half of the town would die and the town and
whoever survived the pandemic, famine, or extreme weather,
will start over elsewhere
(mamash gush katif!).
Walking in downtown Amherst,
I can not think of Little House in the Prairie, half and wiping out half towns and their businesses.
(although now I know that this was basically cliff hangers at the ends of TV seasons
and that killing some characters was since the actors did not agree to take pay cuts).

The Porcupine

The Porcupine.

Today we paid tribute to an important member of our life.

The Porcupine.

I didn’t know him well. I didn’t know him at all. The Porcupine.

None of us really knew him well. None of us knew him at all. The Porcupine.

He was already dead when Shiri first saw him. But the kids wanted him to be alive. The Porcupine.

So Shiri decided he was alive.

But then, it was confirmed.

It was actually dead.

The Porcupine.

This morning they buried him.

At least, that is what the neighbor’s boy said.

The Porcupine.

After visiting the “no-longer broken but still need some fixing” bridge,

The Neighbor’s boy insisted we need to go to The Porcupine.

We headed to the burial site of The Porcupine.

There, we all said a few words about The Porcupine.

Because, as Gavahn explained, that what you do when someone dies.

The Porcupine.

Some have called him Porky. The Porcupine.

I think it is a pig’s name. but still.

Rest in Peace.

The Porcupine.

The Porcupine.

The Porcupine.

Today we paid tribute to an important member of our life.

The Porcupine.

I didn’t know him well. I didn’t know him at all. The Porcupine.

None of us really knew him well. None of us knew him at all. The Porcupine.

He was already dead when Shiri first saw him. But the kids wanted him to be alive. The Porcupine.

So Shiri decided he was alive.

But then, it was confirmed.

It was actually dead.

The Porcupine.

This morning they buried him.

At least, that is what the neighbor’s boy said.

The Porcupine.

After visiting the “no-longer broken but still need some fixing” bridge,

The Neighbor’s boy insisted we need to go to The Porcupine.

We headed to the burial site of The Porcupine.

There, we all said a few words about The Porcupine.

Because, as Gavahn explained, that what you do when someone dies.

The Porcupine.

Some have called him Porky. The Porcupine.

I think it is a pig’s name. but still.

Rest in Peace.

The Porcupine.