Back, long ago, even before I wore pink poodle barrettes in my hair … the  name debate began. My mother judiciously guarded her first choice, while my father was busy polling the folks at work. Raking through ancient memories, I can’t remember clearly my Dad’s take on this subject  …  Just that he loved the name Debbie … Deborah.  Maybe it was part of the Debbie Reynolds magic that made this beautiful name so very popular back then.  Not to overlook the majesty of the Old Testament birthright. It’s a fabulous name and is parked way up there on my evolving Girls...

In loving memory of George Gilbert and Willard Robert Bugbee, and all the other wonderful human beings who served in World War II.

It’s May 12 — a true Taurean!  I’ve re-broadcast my full moon story twice or was it three times … and now, in honor of the ineffable, inimitable Katharine Hepburn, who once lived in room 34B at Pembroke East, I’m re-presenting my ancient tribute!   I just read her wiki for the first time, the other day, and learned a few new facts … further augmenting my respect … call it adoration, I suppose! Here’s her wiki  … and it even has her yearbook picture:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn  And here’s what I wrote back in...

I respectfully quote Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who declared last week at the big trial in Germany:  “Forgiveness is the best revenge of all.” She somehow found the strength to hug Oskar Groening, “the accountant of Auschwitz.” Jonathan Kalman, a senior  editor Tablet, a publication I take to heart, tells the story… tabletmag.com/scroll/190564/at-trial-of-former-nazi-a-tough-embrace?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=df751cfbe5-Sunday_May_3_20155_1_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-df751cfbe5-207091833 Read the story.  ...

     You see Nakki was one of my father’s tried and true and ever so talented photo buddies who helped me make sure that after my father died (see my November 2012 tribute entry) his legacy would be sustained.  Yes, Nakki Goranin and Brian Wallis are the reasons why George Gilbert’s photos and memorabilia are now housed in the International Center of Photography in NYC. No better home for a Photo League photographer’s collection on the planet! I’ve thanked them once, twice and never enough times! Since I began overseeing my father’s estate, I’ve received...