A Greek salad -- feta cheese, black olives, red Spanish onions,
yellow beefsteak tomatoes, crisp iceberg lettuce --
was accompanied by a basket of freshly baked pita bread.

A bowl of cold cucumber soup,
with parsley and dill floating on its surface,
was surrounded by small green glass bowls,
antique silver soup spoons, and white linen napkins.

"Everyone spoke softly. No one ever raised their voice,
in the house where I grew up." Dorothy once told me.