

When my hair is tidy, mum's happy
9.12.24 I have inherited unruly hair, or more correctly, I don't bother about my hair and it usually looks a mess. The first thing mum...
Jane
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Marysia is 101. Unbelievable!!
Simchat Torah 2024 ! Happy birthday to our dearest Mum and Nana and great Nana - who is either 101 or 100 years old! You are going to be...
Jane
Oct 30, 20243 min read


My grandmother weeps for us all
29.10.24 I came across this embroidery in an op-shop and it immediately reminded me of a portrait I have of my grandmother on my father's...
Jane
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Do you think there are people that hate Jews?
21.9.24 A discussion about hate. Mum doesnt like this topic because she doesnt believe in hate. Just be nice to each other and everything...
Jane
Sep 21, 20241 min read


The Shoah Foundation (part b)
19.9. 24 In the previous post I mentioned the USC Shoah Foundation founded by Steven Spielberg in 1994 (originally called 'The Survivors...
Jane
Sep 20, 20242 min read


Reviving dad's VHS tapes (part a)
17.9.24 Dad purchased his first movie camera in the early 1960s, and since then he has always had a camera in his hand (or on a tripod)...
Jane
Sep 18, 20243 min read


The Betrayal, 1940
31.8.24 (filmed 19.12.23) When mum is alert, I continue to tell her stories from her life, from her early years. The same stories that...
Jane
Aug 31, 20242 min read


Do not cast me off in my old age
28.8.24 Walking into mum’s Aged Care facility makes me sad. All around me old people are languishing. I reach the main common area where...
Jane
Aug 28, 20243 min read


Marysia Kohn - a Lodz Ghetto Survivor
17.8.24 My name is Marysia Kohn. I am a Holocaust survivor. I light this candle in memory of my mother - Cecilia (Cela) Messing...
Jane
Aug 17, 20241 min read


'What could we say about Life?'
'...That we are trying our best To be nice, that’s all'...' 27.7.24 Every night when I say goodnight to mum, she blesses ‘the little...
Jane
Jul 27, 20242 min read


Thank you....that you love me
February 2024 Who can be more grateful than mum, Marysia Kohn? 'Grateful. That you are here. That you came. That you say goodbye. One...
Jane
Jun 16, 20241 min read


A fighter to the end...and a message
2.6.24 Mum has always been a fighter. When things get scary mum is there on the defence. I remember when I was around 13, mum and I were...
Jane
Jun 2, 20242 min read


That song keeps popping up...
2020 During Covid 2021 With Bee - 'To Be Nice' In Warby 2020
Jane
Jun 2, 20241 min read


Abhishek & Ramya
29.4.24 Abhishek & Ramya are brother and sister who are both staying at my place. Ramya moved in around Xmas 2023, and a few months later...
Jane
Apr 30, 20242 min read


Pure love and thank-yous ❤️
13.4.24 Thank you Thank you Thank you. I’m so happy I’m so happy I'm so happy for you … That mum is the ripe old age of 100 is momentous....
Jane
Apr 13, 20241 min read


The last visit to 'Ashwood'
28.2.24 Every evening when I say goodnight to mum and tell her I'm tired and I'm going home to 'Ashwood', she asks me 'Where is Ashwood?'...
Jane
Mar 30, 20241 min read


RAT tests for my protection
24.3.24 Every day when I visit mum, I need to have a RAT test to check I don’t have Covid. These are the regulations. I’ve been doing...
Jane
Mar 24, 20242 min read


Who loves chicken feet !?
24.2.24 Mum's staple these days is a tub of hot chicken soup and 2 or 3 deboned chicken feet. She will push away her dinner tray in...
Jane
Feb 25, 20242 min read


Where did that Heil Hitler salute pop up from!?!
16.2.24 Gorkem and Andreas, a lovely young professional couple, arrived in late December all the way from Germany to 'wwoof' at my home....
Jane
Feb 16, 20241 min read


A Long Story about the Nazi Hiding in the Attic
27.1.24 Mum's stories also have their own life-cycle. She told them to me, I recorded them, and now I'm passing them back onto her (and...
Jane
Jan 28, 20244 min read