Among life’s curve balls has been my sister’s tragic illness. (See MY SISTER LAURIE, Oct 16, 2013) But thankful I am for small mercies like the compassionate staff at her nursing home and the beautiful grounds. Pushing Laurie’s wheelchair yesterday we heard music coming from the gazebo where one of the residents sat playing a melodica. “You play beautifully, sir!”, I called out to him. “My name is Art”, he called back , “tell...
Tragically my sister Laurie has been disabled and in a nursing home for the past six months. Tomorrow my husband and I will drive down to Maryland once again to see her. Ten years my junior, at age 59 she may be the youngest patient there. Laurie was strikingly beautiful and truly a Renaissance woman – a gifted artist and an avid museum-goer, a wonderful cook and a green thumb, a speaker of many languages, a reader of poetry, a teller of jokes, and by training and...
After too many unpublished letters-to-the editor, I guess it’s time to start blogging! Here’s hoping you’ll read my blog and encourage me! Dana Susan Lehrman
The wannabe interior decorator in me is always on the hunt for the perfect furnishing accessory. For months I’ve been searching for a brass standing lamp with a certain look, and today in a cluttered little shop on E 77th Street – there it stood! Let there be light! Dana Susan Lehrman
Welcome to my blog World Thru Brown Eyes! Enjoy the read and please leave a comment and tell me how this old world looks thru YOUR eyes!
