Yearly Archives: 2013

Finding my brother – Part 2

Posted on December 30, 2013 by hdh

Having written the story of Finding my Brother from my side of the ocean, I thought it time to try and write the story of Franz from his side. Understand that most of this information has come from his wife … Continue reading →

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Finding my brother – Part 1

Posted on September 26, 2013 by hdh

I’m not quite sure when I first heard about my brother, it was either in late high school or college. My sisters had informed me that they thought my father had a child when he was in France named Franz. … Continue reading →

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Black Memories

Posted on August 10, 2013 by hdh

My parents died many years ago. My father in 1982 at the age of 78 and my mother in 1998 at the age of 84. Both deaths were relatively quick; my father in a nursing home and my mother at … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of growing old

Posted on July 10, 2013 by hdh

When I was young I couldn’t wait to get older and do all the things that adults do. Then I got older and reality set in. I had to become responsible (not that I wasn’t responsible before); I had to … Continue reading →

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The Keeper of the Lists

Posted on July 8, 2013 by hdh

I had started keeping the names and classes students were in back in the late 1990’s when I was the teacher of the gifted and talented in our district. I found it useful when doing record keeping for testing in … Continue reading →

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Growing up and finding stories

Posted on March 29, 2013 by hdh

I grew up in New York City in the Bronx. We lived in a section of the Bronx called Riverdale. Now growing up I was always encouraged to say that I was from the Bronx not Riverdale. My sisters and … Continue reading →

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a tale of audiences

Posted on January 28, 2013 by hdh

As a storyteller I get to experience a number of different types of audiences from very young children to adults. As such, I get to see many different types of reactions and behaviors attached to those different audiences. Spending time … Continue reading →

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