Monthly Archives: February 2011

This must be my weekend–check out my new column in Hadassah Magazine: http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=twI6LmN7IzF&b=5698175&ct=9128023

My essay, “Losing My Vision,” appeared today in PULSE–VOICES FROM THE HEART OF MEDICINE, an online journal of writing about personal experiences with medicine.  The link is below: http://www.pulsemagazine.org/index.cfm

My aching back was newsworthy; five years ago, my daughter and I published a historic column together–check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/health/16conv.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=sheila%20klass&st=cse

Momma For Momma the day was bad from the very beginning.  Her mouth was tainted with the after taste of sleep.  She slid her tongue along the gum trying to wash away the unpleasantness.  Her tongue touched the empty sunken … Continue reading →

I am desperately  and dangerously involved – at the age of eighty-three – in a long-term tempestuous relationship.  I entered it eleven years ago during a period of great loneliness.  I badly need guidance. After forty-five happily married years my … Continue reading →

A most astonishing and delightful surprise!  A student  I taught in seventh grade English class at Julia Ward Howe Junior School in Harlem in the 1950’s has just surfaced and written to thank me.  She loved English so she, too, … Continue reading →