There was a program this week about WWII Europe. It shared letters that soldiers wrote to their wives back home. The program touched me deeply. I remember my father’s letters to my mother which was the impetus for my new play The Soldier and the Time Traveler. One day, about 10 years ago, my father
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Musings of an Aging Lesbian
This has been a very difficult week politically which is affecting my life emotionally. Trump has been given a green light by congress to do whatever he darned well pleases, removing his guilt for his tremendous international crimes. His immediate response wad to fire those who testified in favor of the American people and against
Today in LGBT History – February 1
If you are neutral about situations of injustice, you have chosen side of the oppressor. –Desmond Tutu, on a sign at the Peoples March on Washington, Jan. 27, 2018 Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – February 1 1902 –
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Today is the anniversary of D-Day when British, Canadian and US soldiers – 160,000 of them – landed on Normandy beaches in treacherous weather, initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany. Kelly and I, along with some friends, visited Normandy five years ago. We went to Juno and Omaha beaches and then to
The 42nd Rainbow Division reunion and book launch
My book The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust: WWII Germany, January-May 1945 launched last week at a very special event. (It’s now available on Amazon and Kindle.) Last week Kelly and I went to Albany, NY, to attend the annual reunion of the 42nd Rainbow Division, the army unit featured in The Soldier, the Avatar,
Jews to wear the Yellow Star…
On September 1, 1941, Jews had to begin wearing a large yellow Star of David on their outer clothing to identify who they were. During this current horrendous presidential campaign, Donald Trump has suggested that some populations of people be marked similarly. Have we not learned anything? Will history repeat itself right here on U.S. soil? We
Adding WWII history to the Story
Welcome! Thank you for being among those who are making pre-publication orders of The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust! Your books will ship during the first half of September. I’m looking forward to the actual book launch! It’s in Albany, NY, during the weekend of September 9th. My father’s army unit, the 42nd Rainbow
New Book, New Blog!
Welcome to my book blog! I’m excited to share my five years’ worth of research, interviewing, and writing! The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust is about my father and his WWII experience in Europe, but the story is told from the point of view of a 2017 teenage girl. Beth time-travels back to 1945 to