The True Meaning of a Rescued Dog This is a true story about my dearest Jessika, my caretaker and confidant and a puppy named Momo. Jessika had searched for quite a while for a puppy to adopt, one of the rescue puppies and not from a breeder. She received a text message about a male …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Ilona Cole, Story 81
A Beautiful, Old Church in Darmstadt One of my heartfelt memorials. This church was there for many generations, but not after the night of 9-11-1944 when the whole City of Darmstadt was destroyed by an allied bombing raid. The walls of thick, grey stone survived partially. Without doors and windows though, it looked ghostly and …
Ilona Cole, Story 80
Handel
Ilona Cole, Story 79
Searching for the Landmarks Painted in Both of our New Paintings It was a beautiful sunny day in fall, and we decided to take a stroll through downtown Seattle. As we walked up 5th Ave we noticed a display window with great paintings of street scenes and landmarks in Paris by an artist Antoine Blanchard. …
Ilona Cole, Story 78
Amazing Friends Since we have lately concentrated so much on friendship, I like to tell another little tale about how some friends can leave you with shear amazement. After Julie and Luc brought the beautiful books to me to distribute to, first, the five friends involved in creating and paying for the books and second, …
Ilona Cole, Story 77
Summer Vacation: Ruegen Island Anemones The Bell rang, we are dismissed, school is out, and summer begins. As much as my sister Friedl, 10 years old and I, Ilona, 8 years old loved school, when summer started, we always looked forward to our four weeks of summer vacation. Especially the trip planned for us to …
My Birthday Gift: Money is not the Way to Happiness–Love, Family, and Friendship Is
Marcie Sims This last couple weeks, I have been deeply moved by how many of my dear friends and family members reached out to me or took me out to celebrate my birthday which was a little more than a week ago. It’s a “meh” birthday number, nothing special, not one of the biggies, and …
Ilona Cole, Re-Post of Story 3
SHORT STORY III–Mr. Fertig’s Shop The city of Darmstadt was my home until 1954 when I came to the United States. While working at the Northern Area Command Headquarters, General Eisenhower
Ilona Cole–A Story about the Collected Stories!
Friendship: The Ultimate Cultivation of Respect, Adoration, Love and Commitment I would love to tell you a little short story of what friendship could portray in one
Ilona Cole, Re-Post of Story 2 (Maxi)
SHORT STORY II, Maxi My father, a former cavalry officer, was so very proud of me today. It was an equestrian exhibition, a jumping event I took part in and got a ribbon for 1st place. I was the pride of my father, only fifteen years old, a long way to the Olympic Games in …