Archive for October 2016
What This Vision in Purple Will Make You Realize About Assumptions
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato “Florida: Where Old People Go To Die” Long before I retired I heard one of my work colleagues say, “I’d never retire in Florida. It’s where old geezers go to die.” Whenever I overheard some version of this sentiment a vague feeling…
Read MoreHow Weekly Cemetery Outings Created My Rich Family History
Weekly Outings to the Cemetery While some of our classmates went to the park or to the movies, my brother and I spent many weekends at the Jewish cemetery in Lodz, Poland where we grew up. Why would we choose such a depressing place? At first, the choice wasn’t ours. My father, who had no…
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