The Berlin Wall: One wall, two sides, multiple outlooks.

This past Sunday, November 9, was the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember seeing East and West Germans climbing over and on top of the Wall and celebrating with each other without being shot, and the first pieces of that horrendous thing finally pushed down by the public on live TV in 1989. It was… Continue reading The Berlin Wall: One wall, two sides, multiple outlooks.

One-Liner Wednesday — Give someone a small vacation today.

I was a young mother in the late 80s, I think, when I noticed pioneer and comedienne Joan for the first time. She was doing a monologue on nighttime TV, and said that the only reason she'd gotten pregnant with Melissa was because her husband Edgar Rosenberg tossed and turned in his sleep. The studio audience… Continue reading One-Liner Wednesday — Give someone a small vacation today.