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Mr. Itzhak Perlman in Person I always loved Itzhak

Our 50th Wedding Anniversary November 2003 In September 2003 we had sold our home in Chelan and came back to the West side to the Seattle area. We decided to have a celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary just for our family, Hal

Picasso: Masterpieces from The Mus

Christies of London Auction House Thirty some years ago it was a cherished dream for my husband Hal to browse through Christies Auction Catalogues and if there were any dueling pistols for the upcoming auction, he talked about it, but never gathered the courage to do any bidding. He would look in a special bookstore …

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Joachim, Rainald and Ducky My sister Friedl lived in Darmstadt/Germany and had a very nice husband Georg and two adorable sons Joachim, then, during my visit and the time of this story, 6 years old, and Rainald soon to be 4 years old. It was my first visit to Germany in 1957 when I got …

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A Ballet: Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

The Ruby Necklace My sister Friedl was only two years older than I, but I realized, looking at her that she seemed much more mature and more sophisticated than I. She already had her own season ticket for the opera and would go with her friend Irmgard to several performances during the season. It was …

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My Darkest Hour I grew up in Germany and after WWII in 1948 I went to work for Northern Area Command, General Eisenhower

The Beautiful Opera Aida It was September 9th 1944. The opera we would see tonight was the beautiful Aida with elaborate costumes and powerful music by Giuseppe Verdi. One of our professors at the university I was attending took it upon himself to teach us not only a strong and complete curriculum but also introduced …

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