We moved her into a one-bedroom, third floor apartment that was around a five- minute drive from us, in Westford, a neighboring town. We experienced a bit of déjà vu, with more antique doll-related drama and hysteria that this time featured my husband accidentally...
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Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance (pt 2)
The Lexington apartment was at best a placeholder, just something to get her up from the palm trees to the pines, as well as all her belongings, an abundant enough amassment to fill a palace or two. I knew it was difficult in those early days for my mother to mask her...
Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance (pt 1)
You know how you can hear phrases so many times, for so many years, from the same person, that you stop hearing it? “Hi pussycat” and “Hi sweetheart” were the words my mother would greet me with- either in person or over the phone. That is, unless she was angry with...
The Greats, the Terribles, and the Impalers: Episode 8: The Ottomans (part 2): Suleiman “the Magnificent”(1494-1566)
“I’ve been thinking about this… There’s beensomething that’s been going on forcenturies. At one point we had all ofthese great conquerors. Alexander theGreat. Catherine the Great. And Peter theGreat! Genghis Khan, Atilla theHun! Julius Caesar! He kicked some serious...
The Greats, the Terribles, and the Impalers: Episode 8: The Ottomans (part 1): Mehmed II “the Conqueror” (1444-1481).
“I’ve been thinking about this… There’s beensomething that’s been going on forcenturies. At one point we had all ofthese great conquerors. Alexander theGreat. Catherine the Great. And Peter theGreat! Genghis Khan, Atilla theHun! Julius Caesar! He kicked some serious...
The Greats, the Terribles, and the Impalers: Episode 7 (part 2): Vlad III “The Impaler” (1431-1476)
“I’ve been thinking about this… There’s beensomething that’s been going on forcenturies. At one point we had all ofthese great conquerors. Alexander theGreat. Catherine the Great. And Peter theGreat! Genghis Khan, Atilla theHun! Julius Caesar! He kicked some serious...
The Greats, the Terribles, and the Impalers: Episode 7 (part 1): Vlad III “The Impaler” (1431-1476)
“I’ve been thinking about this… There’s beensomething that’s been going on forcenturies. At one point we had all ofthese great conquerors. Alexander theGreat. Catherine the Great. And Peter theGreat! Genghis Khan, Atilla theHun! Julius Caesar! He kicked some serious...
The Greats, the Terribles, and the Impalers: Episode 6: Tamerlane (1320’s-1405)
“I’ve been thinking about this… There’s beensomething that’s been going on forcenturies. At one point we had all ofthese great conquerors. Alexander theGreat. Catherine the Great. And Peter theGreat! Genghis Khan, Atilla theHun! Julius Caesar! He kicked some serious...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 16: Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen (1558-1603)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –SiggieLink to the Youtube video and the...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 15: Edward VI, Lady Jane, and “Bloody Mary” (1547-1558)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –SiggieLink to the Youtube video and the...