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The Holocaust is a subject all of us are aware of but there are countless accounts that are seldom heard. Based on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of Hertha Feiner, Janusz Korczak, and Filip Muller, these poems describe the life surrounding these writings. Every memoir has something missing. This is not a conscious decision by the author; it is the perspective of the writer filtered through the impermanence of memory. Sometimes it is a forgotten foreshadowing phrase said in passing or what is happening outside when their focus is on the room in which they are sitting. These are the aspects...

I originally started my blog, Time to Keep It Simple, in May of 2013 as a means to simply continue writing without the strictures of keeping to a particular topic or form. Hence, the title that I chose for this new endeavor. The only parameters that I set for myself were that each daily post had to be at least four hundred words in length.

Over time, there were subjects that seemed to come up naturally and that I truly enjoyed writing about. Not surprisingly, when my wife and I found out that we were expecting a baby, this became the topic about which I was most passionate about and an...

This collection was originally written as posts for my blog, Time To Keep It Simple, which has long since served as a daily record of my life as a traveler, writer, genealogist, photographer, Rotarian, Mason, Jew, PR professional, and many other (mostly positive) things. Those original posts have been divided into sections according to The Four Way Test which is recited before every Rotary meeting and serves as a means to guide the actions of every Rotarian. The questions we ask ourselves every day are as follows:

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Does it promote GOOD WILL and...

This is a collection which illustrates how one family tree can give shade to the entirety of American history. Each leaf has a little more to add to my family history just as each piece of fall foliage adds to an autumnal landscape. All different trees offering a different variety of colors but working in unison to tell the same story. These essays offer a cross section of topics which includes recent additions to my family tree, interesting resources or programs, and discoveries that have given greater depth to the lives of my ancestors.