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Bertha Meisler Helfand - Happy 100th Birthday 29 Oct 2012 | 05:46 am
Denny, Birdie and Vivian - October 28, 2002 Looking back 10 years ago today... Ten years ago today we celebrated the 90th Birthday of Bertha Meisler Helfand. I don't remember how many of us gathered ...
Remembering George McGovern - The Summer of 1972 23 Oct 2012 | 01:31 am
It's a funny thing about maintaining a personal blog. You start out with the best intentions, then your day to day life commitments to your family and your business need to take priority; before long ...
There Will Always Be Time for Andy Griffith 4 Jul 2012 | 05:29 am
Did you ever see the play "Love Letters" by A.R. Gurney? One of the exchanges between the two characters, Melissa and Andy, goes like this: MELISSA: I was very sorry to hear about the death of your f...
It Is An Affair To Remember - Nora Ephron Made Us Happy 28 Jun 2012 | 10:48 am
Nicholas Pileggi and Nora Ephron at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There was a time, long ago, when both of my sons were away at college and the phone would ring and one ...
Remembering Junior Seau 4 May 2012 | 11:09 am
San Diego Chargers (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yesterday I read with sadness about the passing of Junior Seau. I didn't know Seau, but I was born and raised in San Diego and the San Diego Chargers have...
Ships of Dreams - Teutonic, Ryndam, Titanic and Laconia 9 Apr 2012 | 09:55 am
"Titanic" Movie Poster - 2012 Yesterday Dennis and I took a break and went to the movies. We saw the newly released TITANIC (3D). Yes, we saw Cameron's original release in 1997, and before that we sa...
"A Woman's Voice" Just Because 17 Mar 2012 | 01:33 am
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, next week my first generation Irish American mother would have turned 94! My Mother taught me a lot, including how and when to use my voice. I am sharing this video tod...
Memories Between the Bookends 8 Mar 2012 | 11:53 am
I have been "away" for a while. The last few months I didn't feel much like writing. It is not that I had nothing to say, I just couldn't bring myself to write. You see, I have lost special people in ...
Happy Birthday to Toby - Our $40,000 Basset Hound 6 Dec 2011 | 10:47 am
Toby Welcome Sign created by Phyllis Levine Happy 10th Birthday to Toby! Tobias Wang Helfand was born December 5, 2001. Toby is a full bred Basset Hound. His parents' names were Sir Studley Dudley II...
Midnight Train to Los Angeles 10 Nov 2011 | 01:46 pm
This year AMTRAK turned 40! So when I realized that I would be able to attend Blog World Expo 2011 in downtown Los Angeles, I decided to travel by train from Tucson, AZ to Los Angeles Union Station. ...
