[HANASHIR:9815] Re: stranded in NY

[FAVNI <FAVNI...>]

Hi all - I seem to be stranded in NY like millions of others - and am trying 
to get back to Montreal - at least by Sunday for the chaggim. I thought I 
would try a relay approach - see if I can find colleagues who would drive a 
bit of the way en route - even if I only get to Albany where I do have some 
friends. 
At the moment I am staying with a wonderful CAJE colleague with whom I did a 
workshop last month on Taking a Holiday, Paint it, Write it, sing it, Dance 
it - with Aliya Cotel (dance), Gwen (art)and Joy Rosenberg (storytelling)
My older daughter Shira, my Sabra has just begun studying at the Art 
Institute in Chicago and won't be able to get back to Montreal, my younger 
daughter who lives in Brooklyn, works in Manhattan just next to the WTCs is 
stranded in Montreal - makes me feel great about that at least. She works for 
the Human Rights organization, WITNESS, and had just gotten back from Turkey, 
stopping off in Montreal before returning to Newark airport. Her office is 
still sealed off.
So I am looking for people to adopt Shira in Chicago  for the holidays - and 
brainstorm with me creative ways to travel. I want to avoid airports, train 
stations and bus stations. HA HA!
It is all so incredible - bringing me tunneling back to being in Israel for 
my 8 1/2 years from 1966 - end of '74, witness to two wars and an intifada - 
the daily hardships and joys of living as an Israeli artist. The pain and 
horror of witnessing friends, family and colleagues lose loved ones, the 
scars that never quite heal - the vision that is no longer innocent.
And if I don't get home to Montreal, then I would love to find a service that 
I can connect to.
My thoughts and prayers go to all who are living through this horrendous 
unfolding of a terrible milestone - the first war in the 21st century. May we 
all find peace.
Fran Avni - mother, songwriter, sombre singer

------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------+