<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[thelostkitchen]]></title><description><![CDATA[thelostkitchen]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:47:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thelostkitchen.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[2021, The Covid Pandemic It's been a couple of minutes since I last wrote. What can I say? We're in a holding pattern. 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It was wonderful and...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/in-memory-of-my-aunt-barbara</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6658019d7dbed70ea942a445</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 04:38:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_af2b386a3e944f6483d908a71d894769~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange Hospitality]]></title><description><![CDATA[The easiest part of being with Mom in the hospital was wheeling her bed into surgery. The before and after were so difficult, and if I...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/strange-hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65cca6d8c7bebd6e508c405c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:47:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_6083ea9525544dd289188bcfb1c8b3ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of Good Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living through the war in Israel has pushed most thoughts of Mom out of my head. 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Suffice it to say that Mom...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/war-and-all-that-stuff</link><guid isPermaLink="false">655b0b9043f057add9b0f03c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_9236510967d34833b0f44773397eeaeb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_313,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press Here to Turn On]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am flummoxed by how difficult it is to turn on headphones for some people. I can’t count the times I’ve gone to visit Mom to find her...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/press-here-to-turn-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d3977e2c04ae910768ac26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_0de2254ac79946e1a61dae5316847a2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saying Goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m so busy living life that I sometimes forget to write my blog. Today, though, is a slow, thoughtful day. 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And all I can think is how jealous I...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/liminal-space-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63be996938e8cd97a1052219</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:23:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_94892543e0d042f8b0380e7f01fc900e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing the Lights of Chanukah]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey, it's been a while since I've written. This month's blog is on Chanukah and was printed on the Alzheimer's Association blogsite. The...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/sharing-the-lights-of-chanukah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63a078da710e0cea84a07f17</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:56:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_f5b39c62579c4d659725b0e0fb075d6c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure Cakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[I made an amazing failure cake over the holidays. It was a cooking day, one of many. I cut my thumb, burned a small patch of skin against...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/failure-cakes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">634fc5ab71b69760b0ebd60c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_9caefcd28b10451fb3fc8cb2674b9638~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday to Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[The walk from my house to Mom’s care facility is about 20 minutes. It’s tough in 90° F weather (30+° C), but I’m committed to getting...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/happy-birthday-to-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">630f72a6c113c8799a1ed100</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:44:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_1b8a28d6b5a44f75a6569380039d609b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caught by COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mom caught COVID. The heaviness of knowing her illness was beyond our control took its toll on us, and we lived for the short videos that...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/caught-by-covid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62f31e752c24faadab19f971</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_25a8dd2a10674e159f28aae3d5c811f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Love Netanya]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve visited Netanya twice in the past few weeks, helping my dad deal with the renovations to the apartment that they own there. 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It was her birthday on March 1, and I finally got to see her after about a two-month...]]></description><link>https://www.thelostkitchen.org/post/a-belated-birthday-mom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6231c3773aba90a2a1f8b89e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:01:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/196888_cba9679f2c1046799bca5ce4d2d94c19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miriam Green</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>