My Life 2/2

Mar 11, 20223 min

Insult can bring understanding

Once again an insult brought me self-understanding, the most important achievement of a human being. I had handed my iPhone with the...

Mar 10, 20222 min

The Cemetery

There they lie. The earliest inhabitants of Krugersdorp and the latest, row after row of black granite stones with names and dates carved...

Mar 4, 20224 min

Going to Heaven.

The first time in my life that I set eyes on a dead human being was a month ago in Toronto. Raymond’s wife had told me he was in the...

Jan 13, 20226 min

The Disagreement

Tues 14th Dec 2021 Evelyn now used a walker. Holding on to it, she came to the door and there I stood. After not seeing her for about 2...

Aug 29, 20214 min

What made me become a Hebrew Teacher

My love for Hebrew was certainly aroused by my feelings of affection for two teachers in the first years of school, Mrs. Kobrin and Rev....

Aug 10, 20213 min

One Sweet Kiss

I was kept in bed by a memory of the first girl, besides my mother, whom I ever loved. As long as I lay, my head buried in my soft...

Aug 9, 20214 min

Embattled Egos

The daily order of events took an ominously different turn after I began walking, my knapsack on my back, I’d left out my task of...

Aug 1, 20213 min

Encounter in the train

I let her walk out of my life. Now her memory is in my mind forever. That was in about 1964. I even remember that it was in September or...