Month: August 2020

Annie Arrives On Friday, February 9, 1951 society bandleader and pianist Eddie Duchin died in New York City. My mother kept the newspaper clipping in her jewelry box for years.  I didn’t know why.  Years later I found it, turned it over and discovered the small obituary for Benjamin Silverman, my father.  The following Saturday, February 17, 1951 … Read more ANNIE TAKES CARE OF THE FAMILY

Goldie and Sam were a round couple.  Everything around them was round, round faces, round bodies, and big round arms and legs.  They lived in a house at the corner of our block, attached to their gas station.  I never saw Sam dressed up in anything but his oil-stained striped Mobilgas overalls, never without grease on his hands.  A … Read more GOLDIE, SAM, AND MY DREAM HORSE