Julie went on her well deserved vacation cruise with Ellen this week. Due to the goings on with Pam at present, I was initial not planning on coming down. But Julie called me a couple weeks prior and said Andrea, my standin, had a family in NY to go to herself. Julie had no other backup. So I arranged for train tickets and came down last Sunday for the week. Pam is on the Gemcytoven chemo this week, and that seems to be pretty mild, so it's actually good timing as well.
I'm enjoying time to share with mom. Today I conjured up some Hungarian Goulash for us, and she gave a few small pointers. Planning on a swim in 20 minutes or so.
Bessie is having quite some diffficulty these days, even to the point where I sometimes need to hand feed her. Julie has me give her some oral medications (hidden in liverwurst) for her joint pain, and that seems to help some.
Patches has been such an incredibly good dog. He has not jumped up on me a single time, with out me asking him to first. I'm so very impressed! He's such a HAPPY-DAWG!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
New Kitchen Floor!
-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Paydirt!!!
We got a new kitchen floor! Finally!!! Hurrah-it's beautiful!
-------Original Message-------
From: jruden
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Paydirt!!!
We got a new kitchen floor! Finally!!! Hurrah-it's beautiful!
-------Original Message-------
From: jruden
1948 England
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:49 AM
To: Steve Hirschhorn
Subject: Re: Fw: PictureMail
This was Kate, who, I thought, at that time looked so much like Walter, as I remembered him at that age( about 5 or 6...)
I took a picture with my cell phone and sent it on to my computer...don't know beans about scanning, I am afraid and am too ancient and lazy at this point to learn...:(((
I do REMEMBER THE Florida T-SHIRTS...
P.S....so good to be in touch with you, Steve -Good Luck to you in your comings and goings (and you seem to be going and going like a good battery...keep it up, Cousin Steve/ ( or "Paul " on those old pics :)!!!
L.
-------Original Message-------
From: Steve Hirschhorn
Date: 4/1/2009 11:02:58 AM
To: Dr. Lisa Earle
Subject: Re: Fw: PictureMail
wow, these are some great pictures!!!
Who is the little girl with Walter?
Are you scanning these in? I recall with some sense of guilt that I promised to help you with your (then new) scanner...
Sometimes it's good to have a wander down memory lane isn't it!
I do remember that when Granny came back from visiting you, she brought me (and maybe Robert too, I don't recall) a t shirt boldy exclaiming 'FLORIDA' in fairly garish manner - a perfect gift for a Birmingham bound kid of my ilk! You may even remember her buying it / them...
Irene wouldn't let me wear it of course. But I remember which is what it's all about isn't it...
Actually Walter hasn't really filled in too much of the extended family details and I wouldn't want to push him. What he did do was explain why he never visited and why we lost touch with everyone.
He was always painted as the evil of the piece by Irene - right up to recent times in fact. You probably know that Simon used to visit Irene - they seemed to get on rather well - I fear poor Simon was no threat and so was accepted on her terms. Through Simon then, we kept more or less up to date with Walter - at least we knew that he was back in Austria and so on.
I don't know if you know what happened when Irene died.. I immediately contacted the authorities in Graz, both civil and Jewish (I didn't know then that Walter had never considered himself part of the Jewish community) by email and received a telephone call from a charming lady at the Graz Rat Haus who gave me Walter's number. I sent her a huge bunch of flowers in gratitude!
OK, back to work!
bye for now
love
s
--------------------------------
2009/4/1 Dr. Lisa Earle
Another find....a (very) faded picture of your Granny, myself and Walter, when I visited England after D-day in 1947 or 8, I believe!
You got me wading through all those boxes and albums of old photographs and I am enjoying marching through memory lane...
Love,
Lisa
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:49 AM
To: Steve Hirschhorn
Subject: Re: Fw: PictureMail
This was Kate, who, I thought, at that time looked so much like Walter, as I remembered him at that age( about 5 or 6...)
I took a picture with my cell phone and sent it on to my computer...don't know beans about scanning, I am afraid and am too ancient and lazy at this point to learn...:(((
I do REMEMBER THE Florida T-SHIRTS...
P.S....so good to be in touch with you, Steve -Good Luck to you in your comings and goings (and you seem to be going and going like a good battery...keep it up, Cousin Steve/ ( or "Paul " on those old pics :)!!!
L.
-------Original Message-------
From: Steve Hirschhorn
Date: 4/1/2009 11:02:58 AM
To: Dr. Lisa Earle
Subject: Re: Fw: PictureMail
wow, these are some great pictures!!!
Who is the little girl with Walter?
Are you scanning these in? I recall with some sense of guilt that I promised to help you with your (then new) scanner...
Sometimes it's good to have a wander down memory lane isn't it!
I do remember that when Granny came back from visiting you, she brought me (and maybe Robert too, I don't recall) a t shirt boldy exclaiming 'FLORIDA' in fairly garish manner - a perfect gift for a Birmingham bound kid of my ilk! You may even remember her buying it / them...
Irene wouldn't let me wear it of course. But I remember which is what it's all about isn't it...
Actually Walter hasn't really filled in too much of the extended family details and I wouldn't want to push him. What he did do was explain why he never visited and why we lost touch with everyone.
He was always painted as the evil of the piece by Irene - right up to recent times in fact. You probably know that Simon used to visit Irene - they seemed to get on rather well - I fear poor Simon was no threat and so was accepted on her terms. Through Simon then, we kept more or less up to date with Walter - at least we knew that he was back in Austria and so on.
I don't know if you know what happened when Irene died.. I immediately contacted the authorities in Graz, both civil and Jewish (I didn't know then that Walter had never considered himself part of the Jewish community) by email and received a telephone call from a charming lady at the Graz Rat Haus who gave me Walter's number. I sent her a huge bunch of flowers in gratitude!
OK, back to work!
bye for now
love
s
--------------------------------
2009/4/1 Dr. Lisa Earle
Another find....a (very) faded picture of your Granny, myself and Walter, when I visited England after D-day in 1947 or 8, I believe!
You got me wading through all those boxes and albums of old photographs and I am enjoying marching through memory lane...
Love,
Lisa
Sharing (Family Pics...)
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:54 AM
To: Dave Ruden; Julie
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Sharing (family pics...)
-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: 4/1/2009 10:51:46 AM
To: WALTER ROY
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Steve Hirschhorn asked me if I had any photos of your mother (my Aunt Hermine, of course) and I did find some very faded, old pictures, that I sent on. Thought you might like to share them, Walter...
Hope, all is well with you all!
All my love,
Lisa
-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: 3/31/2009 2:39:35 PM
To: s.hirschhorn@googlemail.com
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Dear Steve'
I am sending you three very faded photographs of your Granny, one with you and Robert as small little boys (in the back it said: "Joschi's two boys" ), one taken when she visited with us in Fort Lauderdale in 1957, I believe, then another one with her sister Klari(I just took her face, but will in my next Email send you the other too...). Klara was the only survivor from my family, which perished in the Concentration camp -you might have gotten the story from Walter, I suppose.
I hope you can see some of it, if it comes through. I still am looking for the one (a better one) of you and Granny...
My best to your lovely wife, Andrea and the rest of the family. How is your daughter by now -all better, I am sure...When you are young, you heal fast! I personally am getting more ancient and decrepit each day - old age is definitely not for Sissies...
Love,
Lisa
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:54 AM
To: Dave Ruden; Julie
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Sharing (family pics...)
-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: 4/1/2009 10:51:46 AM
To: WALTER ROY
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Steve Hirschhorn asked me if I had any photos of your mother (my Aunt Hermine, of course) and I did find some very faded, old pictures, that I sent on. Thought you might like to share them, Walter...
Hope, all is well with you all!
All my love,
Lisa
-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: 3/31/2009 2:39:35 PM
To: s.hirschhorn@googlemail.com
Subject: Fw: PictureMail
Dear Steve'
I am sending you three very faded photographs of your Granny, one with you and Robert as small little boys (in the back it said: "Joschi's two boys" ), one taken when she visited with us in Fort Lauderdale in 1957, I believe, then another one with her sister Klari(I just took her face, but will in my next Email send you the other too...). Klara was the only survivor from my family, which perished in the Concentration camp -you might have gotten the story from Walter, I suppose.
I hope you can see some of it, if it comes through. I still am looking for the one (a better one) of you and Granny...
My best to your lovely wife, Andrea and the rest of the family. How is your daughter by now -all better, I am sure...When you are young, you heal fast! I personally am getting more ancient and decrepit each day - old age is definitely not for Sissies...
Love,
Lisa
Thursday, April 2, 2009
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:10 AM
To: Dave Ruden; Julie; WALTER ROY; timely87
Subject: :)))
________________________________________
THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." - Mark Twain
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:10 AM
To: Dave Ruden; Julie; WALTER ROY; timely87
Subject: :)))
________________________________________
THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." - Mark Twain
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
To Steve Hirschhorn
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:38 PM
To: Steve Hirschhorn
Subject: The Rosenbergs...
Me again...
Just thinking...
A few years ago, Walter and I started to write about our (ilustrious?) family, the Rosenbergs, starting from my Grandfather Jacob (also your father, Joschi's (Jo's) Rosenberg, a quite brilliant, well travelled(like YOU.:))), multi-lingual (spoke nine languages etc.,Individual. We visualized another "Forsythe Saga" (Galsworthy)or "The Buddenbrocks" (Thomas Mann?), but never got very far and the project sort of died along the way...I have a mountain of notes and tries and so must have Walter.
I thought, you might be the one who could make a "Bestseller" out of the story, I think you are a gifted writer, very detailed. You should consider this a Side project - I imagine, you would have to take tape recordings, personal interviews, may be, etc. What do you think -interested?
Incidentally, a bit of memory lane walking: Did you know, that Hermann Hirschhorn, Jo's father, who died before I was born (TB), was a gifted Violinist? Also, Walter father, Emil, a Gentile Rumanian Nobleman, was converted to Judaism, before Hermine's father, Jacob, would consent to their marriage? (Your Granny was a widow with two children at that time, Joschi and Julie). So Walter is biologically considered half Jewish, half Gentile and so probably found it easier, not to get too involved with the Jewish community, when his family moved to England. After what Hitler did to the Jews, I can't blame him...There used to be a saying: "It's hard to be a Jew"...
So if you do have a choice, chances are, you take the other side...
Think about the above!
Hope all is well with you and yours!
Love,
Lisa
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:38 PM
To: Steve Hirschhorn
Subject: The Rosenbergs...
Me again...
Just thinking...
A few years ago, Walter and I started to write about our (ilustrious?) family, the Rosenbergs, starting from my Grandfather Jacob (also your father, Joschi's (Jo's) Rosenberg, a quite brilliant, well travelled(like YOU.:))), multi-lingual (spoke nine languages etc.,Individual. We visualized another "Forsythe Saga" (Galsworthy)or "The Buddenbrocks" (Thomas Mann?), but never got very far and the project sort of died along the way...I have a mountain of notes and tries and so must have Walter.
I thought, you might be the one who could make a "Bestseller" out of the story, I think you are a gifted writer, very detailed. You should consider this a Side project - I imagine, you would have to take tape recordings, personal interviews, may be, etc. What do you think -interested?
Incidentally, a bit of memory lane walking: Did you know, that Hermann Hirschhorn, Jo's father, who died before I was born (TB), was a gifted Violinist? Also, Walter father, Emil, a Gentile Rumanian Nobleman, was converted to Judaism, before Hermine's father, Jacob, would consent to their marriage? (Your Granny was a widow with two children at that time, Joschi and Julie). So Walter is biologically considered half Jewish, half Gentile and so probably found it easier, not to get too involved with the Jewish community, when his family moved to England. After what Hitler did to the Jews, I can't blame him...There used to be a saying: "It's hard to be a Jew"...
So if you do have a choice, chances are, you take the other side...
Think about the above!
Hope all is well with you and yours!
Love,
Lisa
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