Archive - Stumbling Blocks

Reflections on The Postcard

un vrai roman, by Anne Berest

Apr 11 •

March 2024

In Memoriam, Paul Krebs

Today we bury my father.

Mar 18 •

February 2024

A letter from Doris

Sequel to Plaids

Feb 12 •

January 2024

This is Dad’s cousin Doris. She went on the same Kindertransport to Belgium as Dad. They lived together in Mechelen at their Aunt Mathilde’s house. I…

Jan 25 •

December 2023

Happy Birthday Amy

Today I celebrate Amy Oppenheimer’s birthday. Here we are in younger days. We met in Washington DC. She had been talked up as a cute, funny, idealistic…

Dec 30, 2023 •

The Stolpersteine / Stumbling Blocks

Friends, I am not sure where this writing belongs in my prospective book, but these are some of the questions that seem relevant in the departure of…

Dec 18, 2023 •

December 4, 2023

Today my dad turns 95 years old

Dec 4, 2023 •

November 2023

Imperfect Beings

Reflections on what would be my mother's 100th birthday

Nov 20, 2023 •

When Mom died, Dad understandably seemed on autopilot. I went with him to the funeral home. Dad needed no time to deliberate the type of casket he…

Nov 6, 2023 •

October 2023

Oct 23, 2023 •

50 Years and the Internet Later

Oct 9, 2023 •

September 2023

Sep 26, 2023 •

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