Geoffrey and I help Laura load up the borrowed station wagon to take her off to college. I am excited for her—and for me. I will have the house to myself, a clean, quiet place without the phone’s incessant ringing or the monotonous musical scales of her flute floating up […]
My life began in Poland during the Holocaust. Born in March 1940, six months after the German invasion, I lived “hidden on the surface,” posing as Catholics with my mother in Warsaw from 1942 until 1944. My father joined us after he escaped from the ghetto. It’s the fall of 1944, […]
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” ~ Sophia Loren Aging gracefully encompasses many aspects of life. It is hard […]
I: Shopping Gone Awry Featuring Clueless Connie “Mom, how about we do our Chrismakah shopping next Thursday, and at the same time we can buy you a new computer and cell phone?” “So, we’re talking about November 15th, the week before Thanksgiving?” “Yes, what would be a good time?” “How […]
Decades 1-2 For the first two decades of life our bodies are supple. Ever notice how a toddler sleeps in the car? His neck is crooked to one side, but he wakes up perfectly fine — no kinks, no aches, no pains. You can sit like a pretzel without consequences […]
I wrote these poems in the year following the death of my beloved father, Eugene Blum, Yoel Ben Basia. May he Rest In Peace. A rhyme for aba where are you where are you where have you beento heaven to heaven to visit the queen?what did you, what did you find, find there. something […]
Adapted from my published memoir “Amazing Journey, Metamorphosis of a Hidden Child” 2010 “I survived” is a powerful statement, evoking many different emotions. When you think or hear the word “survivor” all kinds of images and events spring to mind. Positive ones− there was a pleasant ending; and negative ones − […]
Part One I’m enjoying my time at home“cause now I have no place to roam. The “coronavirus” has come to town!Our world’s population is really down. A nasty virus making people ill.Some are dying and it’s not their will. It’s taken over our city and stateand all the countries and […]
1. Nice, kind, thoughtful people continue to act the same in a crisis. So do the nasty ones. 2. There’s a HUGE difference between what one wants and what one needs. 3. Man does not live by toilet paper alone. 4. Grocery shopping online isn’t horrible except when someone else […]