Category Archives: Summer of 1970

Stalker, Scene 24, Summer of 1970, Part 7

Stalker’s Assignment Number 12 Dave was in love with Thelma, and he was a new person.  More like the person I had thought he was, when we first met.  More like the person I had expected him to be, but … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 23, Summer of 1970, Part 6

Stalker’s Assignment Number 12 We weren’t alone for long.  Rabbi Yitzchok Weiss had to pick up another passenger at a nearby bungalow colony, another rabbi returning to Brooklyn from the Catskills.  I moved to the back seat.  I held on … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 22, Summer of 1970, Part 5

Stalker’s Essay Assignment 12, continued Schloymala didn’t speak, but was so expressive, he still got you on his wavelength.  Or he tried to!  Chana and I were at our wits end with him; he refused to stay in his crib.  … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 21, Summer of 1970, Part 4

 Stalker’s Essay Assignment 12, continued Baby as a mother’s helper in the Greenwald Bungalow Colony near Woodridge, New York in the Catskills. The borders of my retreat were growing porous and my old life was seeping through.   In plain sight, I was … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 20, Summer of 1970, Part 3

Stalker’s Essay Assignment 12, continued Baby as a mother’s helper in the Greenwald Bungalow Colony near Woodridge, New York in the Catskills.  Some of my duties confused me.  For example, I was responsible for keeping the four boys away from their … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 18, Summer of 1970, Part 2

Stalker’s Essay Assignment 12, continued Baby as a mother’s helper in the Greenwald Bungalow Colony near Woodridge, New York in the Catskills.    Back then, we felt in another world when only a few-hours car drive away.  No computers, no email, no web cams; phones … Continue reading

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Stalker, Scene 17, Summer of 1970, Part 1

Stalker’s Essay Assignment 12 Dave had said we would get married in 1971, as soon as I turned 18.  In June 1970, I graduated Bronx Science.  And Dave broke up with me.   Life = cancelled.  I couldn’t see my way without him.  … Continue reading

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