by Jeff Slater | Nov 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
My eighty three year old mother Bea has not grown up. It’s actually very sweet. One of her most endearing qualities is that she believes that candy is a form of vitamin and that no meal is complete without dessert. It isn’t as if she suddenly realizes the idea that...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
My maternal grandfather Poppa George came to this country at ten years old without two nickels to rub together. Gricha or George as he became known in America was a orphan who sadly had to leave his two sisters Kate and Elisabeth in Nikolayev, Russia in 1910 to live...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
When our daughters Sarah and Fanny were young, we used to go to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina for summer vacation. We would pile the girls into the red Volvo wagon along with way too many things we didn’t need including pots, pans and pillows. Even our Persian...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have an older sister. I have a younger brother. I am in the middle. Like my father, I occupy the center of the sibling sandwich in between my older sister Diane and my younger brother Mitchell. On October 30 of this month and November 4 of next, Diane and Mitchell...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Being late was one of the few things that upset my father. Eleven thirty means eleven o’clock and it could mean ten thirty too. If it would take thirty minutes to get to your destination and you needed to arrive at eleven thirty, mere mortals would leave at eleven....
by Jeff Slater | Sep 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
This is a tale of two Fans. To be precise, the club consists of my late Grandma Fannie and my almost 25 year old daughter Fanny. Although they never knew each other, they shared so many wonderful qualities. Our daughter Fanny was named for her great-grandmother...
