It makes me nervous. It’s also all that more exciting. I forget all the time for brief moments that the people in these books, besides Babu, are real. Yes, maybe they have mostly all passed, but their children and grandchildren haven’t. Meeting Kathy last weekend and hearing her talk about the past and all the…
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“Cooperate with Nature, It is Kind”
Another new book and new year and, as always, I get excited first about the book itself. This year, she uses a variety of colored ink. On the inside page, written in green, is her contact info including the house I am currently in, and her phone number. 818 818, guys. That was her phone…
Zosh’s Legacy
I’m still thinking about Babu’s birthday party and about meeting Zosh’s daughter, Kathy. More importantly, about the interactions Kathy had with the family, especially Babu. When you hear stories, especially ones you hear more than once, there is this mistaken sense of ownership. You feel the person who told you the story and you now…
Sunday Share: Haiku Challenge
Ronovan Writes has an amazing site full of poetry, fiction, and challenges for others! Today concludes this week long Haiku challenge: Haiku Challenge: Twist and Shout The Guidelines are simple. Take the two words and write a Haiku. I use Haiku in English as my style, which is 5 syllables for the first line, 7…
Sto Lat!
Saturday was Babu’s 99th Birthday! Her children are all here from corners of the country and she is thriving. I love to see her reactions this time of year. Just look at how she is looking at that cake! The handsome man lighting the candles is my husband, Adam, and I’m in the stars and…
Writing Wednesday #4: It Takes a Graveyard to Raise a Child
There be spoilers. That is the belief which fuels the novel The Graveyard Book written by Neil Gaiman. It takes a graveyard to raise a child. An orphaned boy evades an untimely death when he wanders into a graveyard, and away from the murderous war path of a cold and precise hitman, and is taken…
November, 1937
Guess what?!?! Babu’s parents find out that the rent in their new place will be raised and they move, again. Why is that so exciting? Because they move in here. So I know that this move is the last move her parents will make in their very long lives. It’s not the last move Babu…
A Brief History of Dance
In last Saturday’s post, I wrote about how Babu was getting out of the house and having more fun. If you couldn’t have guessed, most of the outings are to dances. Monday, October 11th, 1937 Registered at cooking school and made breakfast. Zosh wore Helen Oparowski’s dress to the banquet. She looked lovely. Nat and…
Hugo Black and the KKK
On the first day of October, 1937 Babu writes: Justice Black spoke over the radio tonight, denying his affiliation with the Klu Klux Klan, although he admitted having been a member once. Whenever I read something in a passage that reeks of such history I get a feeling similar to being close to a “thinny.” …
If You Look Closely Enough
…you will find some simple things she writes pure magic. Thursday, September 2nd, 1937 Tonight I went to confession. It was good to be there in the friendly dark. I lit a candle for myself too. Stopped in at Zosh’s and met some people from Detroit and Buffalo. Drobe walked a part of the way…
Writing Wednesday #2: Release
What would you do if a genie told you he could wave a magic wand, (I know I’m mixing my metaphors here, but bear with me,) and you could write creatively, what ever you wanted, as your only job? You’ve passed all the rites to get you to adulthood: graduated, got two degrees, had a…
Septemeber, 1937
And just like that it’s autumn again. Babu writes: The leaves are just beginning to turn and the world is so alive and radiant. This is the swan song of fall. The month begins with her wish to be back at school. She goes to visit BPI and misses what must seem to her like…
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