A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years He was a gentle man, a kind, soft-spoken, older, thoughtful man, with manners and a quiet grace. He was by himself. I had left the seat beside him at the airport gate about ten minutes earlier to use the restroom before we started...
The Flag of Ukraine in the Window Прапор України у вікні I was in the New York area for a grandson’s birthday, for his birthday party and another time of spending a day in Manhattan just with him, for a time of refreshment within the city’s multiple and numerous art museums, and upon the busy...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436155?ft The Rehearsal Onstage – Edgar Degas – 1874 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Third Granddaughter – 07/12/21 …and as she sat on her bed, listening now to the sound of the warm Midwest summer rain outside, she held the postcard from her...
Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son I created the piece below for inclusion in an electronic book of Memories/Testimonies for our 55th high school reunion and wrote of how I put it together in the introduction. The photo is of the crib, now in use by our family for 75 years, in which I...
A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, штовхаючи своїх *** (I previously published this posting in July 2022. As my readership in Ukraine has increased to second in national number, I came back to this one to add...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/48982 Morning Glories – Suzuki Kiitsu – Early 19th Century Our Eyes Upon the Horizon & Details - A Thought Piece Second Sister's Spouse – 06/28/21 …and of course, it is good to see the whole, as much as one can, to get the “big picture”, for as a...
Bill Adams – Correspondence with His Wife, Julie, May 2014 *** For our 55th Year high school reunion, coming up later this year, the Reunion Committee is soliciting written submissions from all our classmates to include in an electronic Commemorative Book of Memory & Testament. To...
Understanding Will Come unto You All your Life The mind and thoughts of a young person are wondrous and complex, and rarely shared in full. There are so many things to gaze upon, consider, and understand – though understanding is a far-off thing, always still just out of reach for most of...