By Dee-Dee Diamond I’m a fraidy- cat, a wimp…but not a kill joy! So, against my deep reservations, I go along with another stupid dangerous plan. Its 2015 now, and I’m here to document it, so I survived this 1965 thrill! Arthur, my husband, and I went to visit Bubba…

A Lesson from Mom ©2019 Terrified, I scampered under my parent’s bed. I was about about 7 years old. I wasn’t sure how I had so angered my mother that she ran for the tin can of black pepper, to teach me a lesson… I’d never forget. I had innocently…

The Disruptor(c)2019 1948 It was a year of the disruption, dislocation, redecorating, anticipation, and beginning of a lifelong addiction. Our apartment on Stone Avenue, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was to live through its revolution to modernity. Its status quo turned upside down and right side up to accommodate our new star…

By Dee-Dee Diamond Strolling one sunny afternoon, I spot a new tiny boutique on Madison Avenue. It sells handcrafted home gifts. Killing time now that I’m retired, I wander in. The packed, cluttered shop is empty. Then I heard a lone woman chatting on a phone in its rear. …

Confucius Say: “Take Advice with Take-Out” © 2009 By Dee-Dee Diamond Wearily that fall night, I pulled into the unfamiliar strip mall. I placed my order to go, and then plopped down next to another waiting patron. She was about sixty and her eyes were struggling to stay open. The…

“Lover Be My Captain’©2019 By Dee-Dee Diamond The dainty, woman in the floral cotton dress, sat next to me. I did not pay her much attention as I was half-asleep after a long, exhausting train trip from Rome to Naples. Me and my 3 single girlfriends were now on the…

By Dee-Dee Diamond Esther Levine was made a widow by Uncle Sam. (Not America’s Uncle Sam, but Uncle Sam the mason), who was the father of her 6 children. Their offspring were now grown, married parents and grandparents, themselves. All had joined the exodus of Brooklynites to the suburbs of…

“Is Chick Just an Old Rooster”? ©2000 by Dee-Dee Diamond He was staring perplexed at the calm Atlantic Ocean. This view from the catwalk of his hotel suite was panoramic. Chick Gorman took in the sea from east to west, the beach to the horizon… it was flat…calm. Sparkling blue…

But Don’t Say Bus… © 2018 By Dee-Dee Diamond Pouring rain, high humidity, and anxiety. June 13, 2018. The turban bearded 777–7777 car driver, (that hardly spoke English), came for the 77-year-old lame me, plus 2 clumsy carpetbags. The reason I’m forced to use these bags, is that one of…