Category: BEGINNINGS – BLOOD

• July 31, 2011

  Blood is Thicker Than Water ~ Mom & I Escape the Nazis 1938 ~

  Photos by Internet  These events are true. Mutti and I lived through this. There is only one incident where I used poetic license:  Uncle Jakob is a pseudonym for Schussnig, the assassinated Austrian Prime Minister. The words are a combination of Schussnig’s speeches, as well as various comments of several people we knew. The minor poetic license serves as background for…
• July 31, 2011

  Poem – Just Move On ~ My survival philosophy ~

  © Photo by 2009 Oma Liz Private protocol dictates stealing a surreptitious glance at the silvered glass. Temporarily, the soul freezes. I wander past shadows that startle me.  Minute winds of change begin To gather force to sweep The soul clean. I  gather strength. Reflection replaces racing thoughts. Remembrance fades quickly. The ultimate revenge, my soul!…