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Remembering Mae and Milton Kramer

Mae and Milton were dear friends of our family. Milton went to college with my father, and Mae befriended my mother when she arrived in the Bronx as a new immigrant. The two of them became fast friends, and wheeled their babies around the Bronx, chatting all the time. They were in the hospital at […]

Miriam Nyman (Naaman) 1926-2012

Miriam Nyman (Naaman) died on August 28, 2012 at St. Elizabeth’s home in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, after several years of a degenerative brain condition, progressive supranuclear palsy. The funeral was held, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Lincoln Park Cemetery, Warwick, RI 02888. Donations in her memory may be made to: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN […]

Hag Sameach!

A year has gone by and Pesach is several days away. It has been an uneventful year for Savta. She gets weaker, but still smiles when she sees me and when we listen to music, and of course, when her grandchildren come to visit! The photo was taken last October – time to take more […]

Happy Birthday, Savta!

July 17 – David and I visited with Savta the day before her birthday. We had Savta’s favorite – cheesecake, and she said that David looked “FANTASTIC”, and he does!

Thank you for the encouragement!

I will keep working on this, and look forward to your comments and suggestions. Here’s a photo of my mother, when she was making rugs at my house, here in Rhode Island. This might have been the autumn of 2008.

One of my favorite paintings…

I’ve had this painting since 1978 – it has gone everywhere with me and has always hung in a place of honor.  I like to lie on the couch and look at it, and I always think of sunlight and sky filtering down through green leafy trees.

Happy Chanukah!

My Chanukah present to all of us – a website presenting my mother’s artwork, and highlights of her life. It turns out that she produced a large body of work, and it will take some time to photograph and catalog it all, but this is the official start of her website.  It gives all of […]

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