Unfortunately, my mom, Evelyn Marianne Liberman Wolff, passed away on June 11th, 2014. And, I have missed her ever since. There could not have been a better wife for dad, or mother in our lives: mine and my brother’s. She had so many fine qualities about her. We knew, in a […]
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“Mommy! Come quick!” I hollered, horrified. “Where are you?” my mother called from down the hall. She had been downstairs and probably thought I was in the bedroom I shared with my older sister, Marcia. My mother opened the door to find me sitting on the toilet staring at the […]
The Ad in the Jewish Times Magazine of Baltimore read, “Handwriting Analysis , for your next Party or Event including Bar-Bat Mitzvahs, Singles Gatherings Anniversaries, for Fun and Entertainment” Please Call Sonia Kowalak for more information. Sonia was a trained graphologist and worked for the Court System in Akron, Ohio […]
“To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be silent and a time to speak.” These familiar verses, lyrics to a very popular song, were originally written by King Solomon, known to be one of the wisest men who ever lived. […]
It was the first time that I ever visited an Artist’s studio. My instructor was nationally known artist, Lila Pell Katzen, a painter as well as a sculptor of abstract works. She invited the class to visit her in Soho New York to see her apartment which she used as […]
Most likely, if a woman is going to write about a person who is an important role model in her life, she would choose an older person who has lived a long and admired life, perhaps has overcome some mountainous difficulties, or conquered some impossibly unreachable goal. But that is […]
In 1999, my friend Ms. Patricia James decided to keep our culture alive in the minds of children of Caribbean parentage who were born in America. She went to radio station WEAA and announced her intention. Two sisters answered her call in this venture. This started the first kiddies carnival, […]
Grandparents aren’t supposed to have favorites, but my youngest grandchild is the apple of my eye. Today, February 20, is her 18-month birthday. Let’s call her “Mary.” Mary was born 5 1/2 weeks early. Her mom, my daughter-in-law “Sally,” is a nurse practitioner midwife in a local hospital and of […]