Stories

The old Bow-legged Antelope Why did Noah recruit an oldie to join the younger animals on the Ark? He told his recruiter, The Prince from Minsk “Get us one animal that can teach us about aging. I don’t want someone who can talk about aging but instead can show us what...

The Noah Saga synopsis and posted stories The Noah Saga is based on the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In this transformation of that bible story, animals on the Ark are represented as people dressed in animal garb. The ‘people’ represent a range of human experiences....

Second thoughts A chapter in the Noah Saga. (A transformation of the biblical Noah story) Barth, 1971, Prague, said….. If you think what you just did was a mistake then just wait awhile and it will turn out that you were right The German Land Lizard saw that Noah...

Bedtime stories My next-door neighbor, Harry B, and I are not close friends, but we have a cozy relationship. Our wives don’t. We share a huge snow blower, some power tools and once in a while a drink at the neighborhood pub rather than in each other’s home. We are...

A walk in the woods near Vlaminck’s house Part 1 Colors, shapes, patterns, movement, is what we see. We have to put all that visual experience together to make what we see meaningful. A retinal image is meaningless without our input from our knowledge, past...

Mr. Rosenthal: A Werner story   These last months Werner and I are spending much of our time reminiscing. Yesterday I asked, “Werner, do you remember Mr. Rosenthal? I can see him clearly just as he appeared when he rang our doorbell. We must have been about 10.” We...

A bench in the gym locker room It was then and not now that I was the ‘youngest’ of 6 sitting on the wooden bench in the gym locker room. Time flies or is it that it stumbles along. After working out, the six of us would often gather on the bench in the last row of...

Bobby and other minds I don’t understand How do we go from looking and acting normal to losing one’s mind to the point where we can’t get back to that place, that other place, that most of us live in? Why, how, did what happen to our brain, that, rob us of our...

Roz: What matters (for Roz who as a small child lived hidden in an attic in Nazi occupied Prague) Everything matters  ......The sound of a siren....Getting louder .... Moving away..   Shouting from the street Far away.....Getting closer....Whispers.....Outside the...

The adventures of Alma Adults and children can be curious observers and investigators. We can all be investigators, engaged observers. We can nurture our curiosity, ask questions, try to answer them. We live in an amazing, exciting, stimulating world. The neurologist,...