[HANASHIR:9818] Re: stranded in NY

[Ilana and Mark Axel <axelsinchicago...>]

Fran - e-mail me privately Shira's phone number or
e-mail. To: Ilana Axel, axelsinchicago (at) yahoo(dot)com,
Love, Ilana in Chicagoland --- FAVNI (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 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
> 
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