First Person: No family or residence is perfect, but we must try harder
Losing my mother, Eva, in early July was nothing like I thought it would be. I thought I had done what I could to make…
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First Person: New friends discovered at B’nai Brith House
After being on the waiting list for several years, I got the call in May that there was an apartment available for Marvin and I…
Superstorm Sandy: It takes a storm to show us how precious life is
As I write from the safety and luxury of my Manhattan hotel, it’s 24 hours after hundreds of New Yorkers and New Jersey residents discovered…
Where are my keys? How to lose things with grace
The art of losing isn’t hard to master so many things seem filled with intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster ~Elizabeth Bishop…
First Person: Gilles Pelletier’s paintings coloured an era
BY SANDRA SCHACHTER Each day on my way to the office, I pass an antiques store and take a brief moment to gaze at the…