I know some of you are wondering what the heck was up @NPRWeekend today. It was a day unlike any I've experienced. Simple answer: multiple system failures, including audio routing and playback, scripts, email. Things started melting down in the 30 minutes leading up to the show. Slowly, we lost our computer capabilities. We had no ability to access the stories the show had been working on all week. Five minutes before the show, our producer said, "What do we do?" I said, "Start calling our reporters and get them to talk about what they're covering."

Thread: Amazing things happen. There's a Jewish tradition of not leaving the body of the deceased alone from the time of death to burial. There is great reverence for the body & soul. My sister @healthnut64 was very concerned about Mom being alone after she died. Then I got this- It was from @petpaula, an @NPR fan & lovely person who just happens to follow me on Twitter. Paula serves as a Shomeret- someone who performs the mitzvah (good deed) of sitting with the deceased at the funeral home we selected for mom... She recognized Mom's name and let me know-