Category Archives: Scenes From My Life

Scenes from my life: Goodbye to the World

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Naomi

After a year of radical change, we face an uncertain world in which our neighborhoods have shifted in ways we can’t fully grasp. Places, stores, shops have closed. Or have they re-opened? I’m not sure. I had a taste of … Continue reading →

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Scene from my life: A story of domestic cruelty

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Naomi

Today we learned about the death of Prince Philip. Postpone your mourning to read this from the Times’ obit by Marylin Berger: Painful, too, for Philip was the revelation that Prince Charles, his oldest son, had let it be known … Continue reading →

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Contemplating cruelty

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Naomi

I haven’t been able to watch much of the trial. After I saw a man weep on the witness stand, I turned the TV off. Chauvin’s icy sadism, indelibly recorded on that terrible video, twisted my insides. (As a former … Continue reading →

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