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As labor day approaches, you are suddenly reminded that summer is nearing it’s end. Even in Southern California, there are subtle changes. The summer fruits and vegetables will start to disappear from the farmer’s markets, replaced with apples and pears, hard winter squashes and root vegetables. Inevitably, I end up thinking that I didn’t enjoy enough […]
As a child having an August birthday was always a little disappointing. Children who were born during the school year had typical parties that included games and home-made birthday cakes, but in the heat of the summer not too many kids were hanging around the Bronx. It also stemmed from the fact that my parents […]
When we were growing up, it seemed that someone was always dropping in to visit with my mother. They would sit at the kitchen table and talk, usually over a cup of coffee. My mom’s closest friend, Fanny, would nibble on a spoonful of jam instead of a cookie. Our lifestyle is not really conducive […]
There were days when we just didn’t want to get on the bus to Orchard Beach. We wanted to escape the crowds, the scene, the heat of our apartment, and the people. We would take our transistor radio, a book, a towel, and a reflector, and just like thousands of others teens in New York […]
Aside from the end of the school year, there were several other changes that took place at the beginning of each summer. There was the annual re-appearance of the Italian ice man wheeling his cart down the street, offering lemon, cherry, or chocolate ices in a white paper cup. We had no idea why it […]
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