Mid-March found Angelina and Sharmaine in Europe for the first time, searching the side-streets of Rome for a reasonably-priced pension, a base from which to explore the tourist traps that beckoned.  Mission accomplished, they decided that after the long plane ride, a quick wash was in order.  Angelina left Sharmaine in their quarters and made [...]

On leaving Rota Air Force Base, Spain on the morning of January 28, 2001, I boarded a bus in Rota, the city adjacent to the base. The bus itself, as I had discovered in the past in Europe, was a modern Mercedes, and served its purpose well on the way to Algeciras, Spain where I [...]

The most amazing thing occurred on the way to Aldi in Frankfurt; I saw a trip listed for 4,999 euro per person, NY to Singapore by boat!!! 39 days!! Only in Germany could such an offer even be conceivable. Aldi is a discounter in the same vein as Costco, but Costco could never fathom list [...]

Fifty years ago there lived a king who was very anxious to get married; but, as he was quite determined that his wife should be as beautiful as the sun, the thing was not so easy as it seemed, for no maiden came up to his standard. Then he commanded a trusty servant to search [...]

Sovereign was all alone, up atop the mountain, he had long forgotten the name this dead land held onto. He had been out for some time, lost and looking around, he did not have the strength just yet to climb down the mountain; he could not remember a single thing, not his name, or the [...]

Don’t Steal the Roses She used to strut the boards proudly as a crowd drawing opera star. Thin as a rake, with slick short cropped black hair, rouged cheeks and cute lips, she had been privileged to act in Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutti and Rigoletto, whether in major roles or as side stage back [...]

1957. We just came to Kiev. My husband Elya was sent to the military academy to study radio- technical engineering. I can’t find a job as a M.D. because of anti- Semitism. We can’t afford to rent an apartment in a decent area. It is too expensive. So we rented a room on the outskirts [...]

We were just ambling in a perfectly peaceable manner down the road. Max had that day acquired gainful employment, and quite naturally felt like celebrating. Unfortunately however, it was a Thursday, and most of our friends being one step ahead of Max – not to mention an inestimable number ahead of myself – were not [...]

Once upon a time there was an old man who lived in a little hut in the middle of a forest. His wife was dead, and he had only one son, whom he loved dearly. Near their hut was a group of birch trees, in which some black-game had made their nests, and the youth [...]

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