It was an amazing, round-shouldered 1950s model with an enormous chrome-covered handle that you pulled [...]
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By First Grade I knew all the words. How I would have loved being in [...]
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Dad purchased an 8mm amateur ‘Holiday’ movie camera in 1961. In my generation, these were [...]
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A tree has been planted in Israel in memory of my mother. Mum was a [...]
A few days ago while out walking I discovered a little atelier where a young [...]
This famous painting by Edward Hopper pretty much depicts for me Jackson Street, when I [...]
Humbly toiling in the service of Nicholas II… As the artists among us know so [...]
I am 60 going on 70 The great Judi Dench is priceless in this little [...]
Events in life continue, the hurt continues, and yet the sun keeps coming up. My [...]
Leora Zillman Reinhart February 9, 1919 – January 28, 2020 Last year we celebrated her [...]
If you were born after 1960, just move on. This bit of nostalgia, mixed with [...]
By way of an update, I report that Mom is still with us. We celebrated [...]
Just from the oven, this warm apple crisp (for some reason called “apple crumble” elsewhere [...]
While I could talk today about my grandfather William Zillman, and how he led heavy [...]
The time has come to leave my homeland community of wonderful and supportive friends, and [...]
Summoned to make an urgent flight After endless hours crossing the sea The stillness of [...]
I guess the story began in late May. I was driving around the last bend [...]
This little cup captures somehow and holds within it for me the warm colors and [...]
Up and down, up and down, the sorting and repacking and hauling away has finally [...]
My Aunt Eve. More summer tales: My first Coca-Cola. In the fifties, my salad-and-vegetable-conscious Mother [...]
My Father. Summer tales: “A cool glass of water” Back behind our house, at the [...]
Mon arrière-grand-père, « ce héros au sourire si doux » * “Grandpa Schultz” (my maternal [...]
A true multi-city destination, a 50-year round trip Leaving with much regret after a week [...]
Linwood Gardens, located in my home town, is now part of my DNA, having spent [...]
My brother Ron had just given a sprig of lilac to Mom for her enjoyment, [...]
So not buying any green bananas, at 100 years and six weeks. I call Mom [...]
Chasing the blues with Flow blue, Willow patterns, and Blue onions… We’ve all experienced it, [...]
Dad’s first new car was a 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne, custom built and to be shipped [...]
To be able to give a hug to a loved one, a beloved parent, well [...]
As a High School boy in Pavilion, New York, I acted in and did the [...]
