It is a cold winter evening in 1944. A group of farmers sits around the kitchen table in Chyliczki, a small village near Warsaw. Even though it is only four o’clock, it is already dark outside. This is the only heated space in the two-room wooden farmhouse. During the day, […]
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Adapted from my book, Amazing Journey: Metamorphosis of a Hidden Child, 2010 Unlike our father, our mother avoided speaking about the Holocaust. It was very painful for her to remember those war years. Just as Father could not free himself from those events, Mother dreaded remembering them. After our father’s death […]
PANDEMIC WORDS in the grocery storespoken by yours truly: Excuse me you’re getting a little too close.6 feet apart PLEASE. I’m trying to keep 6 feet apart.You are going the WRONG way.Please don’t come so close to me.Forgive me, I am SCARED! PANDEMIC WORDS definitely not spoken in the grocery store: […]