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It Does not Matter What the Age or the Gender It was during the year 2016 when my dear beloved husband Hal had Parkinson disease in the advanced stage. He fell while in the hospital, broke his hip, and had to have surgery for a hip replacement. After some days in the hospital, he then …

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Getting Acquainted with the

A Wonderful Visit with Katja It was a beautiful autumn in the year 1968 and my Hal and I decided to fly to Germany and visit not only my sister and family, but also some friends and especially my aunt Katja and her daughter Krimhilde. They were saddened when they heard from my sister Friedl …

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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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