Wednesday, February 15, 2006
i'm melting...
so our big nor'easter blizzard that rocked new england is mostly gone. it was 60 today. i photographed an interesting woman today who makes contemplative bead work. a.k.a. rosaries and hindu prayer beads. they are stunning. i also photographed a holocaust survivor today who was fascinating. her story was so moving. she kept getting choked up as she spoke of her mother and others who were executed. she was 17 when she entered the concentration camp. when i was 17 my biggest problems were boys and zits. she talked about how they rounded everyone up who was 30 or older and walked them to a big hole and then just mowed them down. gives you goose bumps. sorry didn't mean to bum you out. she was living history.
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i am still blown away by the holocaust. when i was in 7th grade a survivor came to talk to one of my classes. i was so moved.
i just don't understand how someone can hate someone else so much they want their whole race eliminated. i just don't get it. people should embrace differences.
Several years ago I had the opportunity to attend a luncheon and the guest speaker was a holocaust survivor (Gerta Weissman Klein). I had read her book and was so moved I just had to hear her speak. By the end of her talk there was not a dry eye in the house. I would love to hear her speak again; I think she lives in Scottsdale. If you have a chance read her book. She was saved by an American soldier and proceeded to marry him and move to the U.S. It is a powerful, powerful book. If you want I can send the name. I just can't remember it right now.
Aside: that makes me think...maybe we should add some book list sort of thing to our blogs. We can share what we are reading right now. What we would recommend or not recommond. How would we do that? Ann, ask your techno husband will ya? : )
Lemme ask the techy guy I am married to. :) That book list is a good idea.
I am sure it can be added where our listing of blogs are. I just have to figure out the coding.
Yea, I want to read that book you recommended.
And I think you would like Buffalo Soldier. From the author of Transister Radio and Midwives. Chris B--I have no idea how to spell his last name.
the book idea sounds great! my book club right now is on a science fiction theme which drives me nuts. although the one we just finished, an illustrated man, was interesting. not necessarily a 'good' interesting, just interesting. it was like reading a book full of twilight zone episodes. ick. hey ann, ask your techy husband too if he knows a good web host. yahoo stinks.
Right now I'm reading Anna Karenina for my bookclub. It is interesting but so slow. At night I don't want to get into bed and read a slow book because I fall asleep right away! I need a little excitement...not too much...or I'll stay up reading. It's a fine line ya know!
i saw a play last week call anna in the tropics. it is about cuban cigar rolling factory workers who have anna karenina read to them while they roll the cigars by the lector that the factory hirers. very good. you could skip reading the actual book and just read the play. it is like the cliff's notes version and very exciting.
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