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In Honor of Holocaust Rememberance Day April 19
April 18, 2012
Chelsea Beach 1946, by Renee Fisher I am huge. My face is round and puffy. My ankles are swollen. My breasts, generous under normal circumstances, are almost comical in their inflated condition. My belly, while large, is of lesser protrusion than my breasts. This gives me a look, not so much of pregnancy, as of […]
The Day I Shook Hands With the Dalai Lama
September 29, 2011
Monday, June 14 1999. Jerusalem. The Dome of the Rock, sacred to three of the world’s major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. First consecrated by the Israelites, the site was where Solomon erected his temple. It was revered by Christians as both an Old Testament site and because of its place in the life and […]
Running for Her Life
August 25, 2011
I heard her cries coming from the research carrel next to mine at the Holocaust Museum. Her name was Irene, a short middle aged woman, staring, as I was, at a computer screen. Hoping, as I was, that a relative’s name would appear that might prove that family members lived in more than stories told by aging […]
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Life in the Boomer Lane 
October 31, 2018
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