First of all I'm a nonagenarian – too old to be learning new things and probably too old to be giving advice as well. But never too old to tell stories about the way things used to be.
I'm a widower with two past middle age daughters, both of them in medical research – one in Florida and the other in Canada. I live alone in a house that was once full of life and love. Somehow it doesn't seem right to leave it.
I grew up in the Bed/Stuy area of Brooklyn, New York. It was a tenement area, a slum if you will. But we didn't know it was a slum. It was home to us. I joined the US army when Hitler moved into Poland and saw a good part of the world until I resigned in 1945. All this has led to a lifetime of experiences, which by the grace of God I still remember.
Using these experiences, I have written hundreds of short stories. I've been fortunate to have one hard cover book published in Europe and used as a textbook in English speaking schools in the Balkans. I've also appeared in a half dozen anthologies in England, Canada and US.
My Stories
East is East Submitted on January 10, 2012 - 19:20 | 49 reads
On the Last Day of October Submitted on December 30, 2011 - 17:38 | 86 reads
Schmidt’s Radio Submitted on December 15, 2011 - 14:31 | 58 reads
I Hardly Knew Him Submitted on December 7, 2011 - 16:37 | 67 reads
The Name With No Man Submitted on December 1, 2011 - 15:11 | 104 reads
The Fire Within Submitted on November 26, 2011 - 14:04 | 122 reads
On the Kissing of Bella Shapiro Submitted on November 22, 2011 - 16:02 | 48 reads
The Ecstasy and the Agony Part 2 -- Bitter Rice Submitted on November 14, 2011 - 13:11 | 59 reads
The Ecstasy and the Agony - Part 1 -- Steeplechase Submitted on November 12, 2011 - 21:05 | 102 reads
The Casualty Submitted on November 9, 2011 - 15:00 | 82 reads
Stretching It Submitted on November 1, 2011 - 15:01 | 119 reads
Schwartz's Pawn Shop Submitted on October 21, 2011 - 11:23 | 297 reads
A Knight in New York Submitted on October 18, 2011 - 20:26 | 104 reads
Never the Twain Submitted on October 6, 2011 - 13:19 | 122 reads
Nude in the Window Submitted on September 25, 2011 - 12:48 | 200 reads
Knollwood Submitted on May 22, 2011 - 15:34 | 194 reads
Incident In Muttontown Submitted on May 18, 2011 - 12:26 | 188 reads
Gettysburg Submitted on May 14, 2011 - 13:09 | 330 reads
The Scarecrow Submitted on May 11, 2011 - 12:09 | 267 reads
Our Fathers Submitted on May 5, 2011 - 18:38 | 231 reads
A Minor Miracle Submitted on May 1, 2011 - 12:09 | 273 reads
No One Ever Tells You Submitted on April 27, 2011 - 11:22 | 288 reads
Home Alone Submitted on April 22, 2011 - 15:18 | 313 reads
Days of Our Years Part 4 Submitted on April 19, 2011 - 15:14 | 152 reads
Days of Our Years Part 3 Submitted on April 18, 2011 - 17:42 | 255 reads
Days of Our Years - Part 2 Submitted on April 18, 2011 - 11:32 | 222 reads
Days of Our Years Part 1 Submitted on April 17, 2011 - 12:03 | 211 reads
The Man Who Married Lily Bart Submitted on April 13, 2011 - 11:53 | 343 reads
Village Strawberry Festival Submitted on April 11, 2011 - 11:32 | 171 reads
Leaving Wichita Submitted on April 7, 2011 - 11:26 | 487 reads
Givin' it to Rudy Submitted on April 2, 2011 - 12:04 | 281 reads
Burning Bridges Submitted on March 28, 2011 - 16:36 | 198 reads
View From the Fiction Shelf Submitted on March 25, 2011 - 15:34 | 284 reads
A Little Love Music Submitted on March 19, 2011 - 19:27 | 193 reads
Trinity Submitted on March 15, 2011 - 15:59 | 194 reads
Wherever I Go There Will Be A Piano Submitted on March 11, 2011 - 18:00 | 307 reads
The Partner Submitted on March 6, 2011 - 13:41 | 289 reads
The Man I Was Submitted on March 4, 2011 - 14:02 | 157 reads
Revenge of the Drop Cloth Submitted on February 28, 2011 - 14:41 | 274 reads
Black Friday Submitted on February 22, 2011 - 18:59 | 192 reads
The Last Intermission Submitted on February 18, 2011 - 17:46 | 298 reads
Butterfly Submitted on February 15, 2011 - 15:12 | 187 reads
The Italian Lesson Submitted on February 11, 2011 - 16:44 | 291 reads
Portrait of the Artist Submitted on February 8, 2011 - 18:31 | 195 reads
The Tenants Submitted on February 3, 2011 - 18:51 | 385 reads
The Proposal Submitted on January 31, 2011 - 13:14 | 271 reads
The Lord’s Press Submitted on January 27, 2011 - 14:59 | 231 reads
The Falling Leaves Home Part 4 (conclusion) Submitted on January 24, 2011 - 14:34 | 312 reads
The Falling Leaves Home - Part 3 Submitted on January 23, 2011 - 16:30 | 329 reads
The Falling Leaves Home - Part 2 Submitted on January 22, 2011 - 13:51 | 238 reads
The Falling Leaves Home - Part 1 Submitted on January 21, 2011 - 14:10 | 298 reads
His Master's Voice - Part four Submitted on January 14, 2011 - 13:53 | 196 reads
His Master's Voice - Part three Submitted on January 13, 2011 - 18:44 | 290 reads
His Master's Voice - Part Two Submitted on January 13, 2011 - 14:15 | 300 reads
His Master's Voice - Part 1 Submitted on January 12, 2011 - 16:39 | 327 reads
Sparrow’s Hand Submitted on January 5, 2011 - 14:34 | 251 reads
The Bell and the Bride Submitted on December 30, 2010 - 21:13 | 320 reads
Drifting Submitted on December 17, 2010 - 15:45 | 365 reads
For These Thy Gifts Submitted on December 12, 2010 - 17:02 | 219 reads
Compulsion Submitted on December 7, 2010 - 13:47 | 264 reads
For the Soul of Edward Dean Hazlitt Submitted on November 30, 2010 - 16:57 | 219 reads
Scattering Simon Submitted on November 27, 2010 - 17:31 | 190 reads
The Innocents Submitted on November 22, 2010 - 18:31 | 258 reads
Aggie’s Ghost Submitted on November 19, 2010 - 14:46 | 375 reads
The Love of Her Father Submitted on November 7, 2010 - 13:03 | 239 reads
Down and Out Submitted on November 5, 2010 - 15:39 | 286 reads
House of Diamonds Submitted on October 21, 2010 - 16:09 | 450 reads
The Watchwoman Submitted on October 13, 2010 - 13:29 | 260 reads
The Chauvinist Submitted on October 9, 2010 - 14:26 | 312 reads
Dearest Eliot Submitted on October 3, 2010 - 19:53 | 320 reads
Hero Submitted on September 29, 2010 - 18:05 | 275 reads
The Waiter Submitted on September 21, 2010 - 18:47 | 357 reads
Redondo Rose Submitted on September 12, 2010 - 18:14 | 285 reads
The Wedding Dress Submitted on September 6, 2010 - 13:27 | 367 reads
The Spectator Submitted on August 30, 2010 - 17:00 | 278 reads
The Fall of France Submitted on August 17, 2010 - 12:50 | 343 reads
The Bus to Bridgeport Submitted on August 9, 2010 - 12:28 | 740 reads
Street of Dreams Submitted on July 9, 2010 - 14:04 | 329 reads
Two “T’s” in Watteau Submitted on June 30, 2010 - 20:45 | 346 reads
Saint Valentine’s Day Submitted on June 25, 2010 - 20:34 | 343 reads
A Man of Discretion Submitted on June 11, 2010 - 15:14 | 308 reads
A Funny Thing Happened, (Part 4) Submitted on June 2, 2010 - 13:07 | 386 reads
A Funny Thing Happened, (Part 3) Submitted on May 31, 2010 - 13:51 | 339 reads
(A Funny Thing Happened) Part 2 Submitted on May 29, 2010 - 11:34 | 358 reads
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED - Part 1 Submitted on May 27, 2010 - 15:32 | 409 reads
Living Together Submitted on May 18, 2010 - 16:40 | 386 reads
Men in Love Submitted on April 20, 2010 - 16:07 | 415 reads
Lizardo, the Bog Man Submitted on April 6, 2010 - 15:55 | 435 reads
Truth or Consequence Submitted on February 25, 2010 - 20:55 | 377 reads
The Last Supper Submitted on February 18, 2010 - 19:48 | 500 reads
Breakwater Rocks Submitted on February 16, 2010 - 15:12 | 398 reads
The Sawmill Submitted on February 8, 2010 - 14:20 | 427 reads
