“Time for school Billy”, my father shouted, I was asleep in the other room but the walls were so paper thin you could have heard a pin drop, “you too” cried out my mother. It was 1942; we lived in a 2 bedroomed cottage in the village of Glendora, a population of 16 hardy souls, [...]

“Click, Click….Click” went the sound of the mouse. “Mhmm…” murmured the thirteen year old boy while he was searching something on Google. “What are you doing on the laptop, Jason?” said his mother who had sneaked up on him. His eyes widened. Quickly he hid his mother’s credit card, at the same time trying to [...]

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 [...]