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"My mother died 63 years ago today, March 12, 1951."

"When I was about eight years old, my mother sent me to the Workmen’s Circle Shule to get a Jewish education."

"It is January 1, 2010, and I was wondering if I had any new thoughts for the new year."

"When you add it all up, I really am lucky." (Fragment, early draft)

"Having just returned from the Bar Mitzvah of Itai Squires-Kasten, I began thinking about my connection to Itai and his family."

"It was a pleasant Thursday morning. I had made my list of all the things I wanted to do that day."

In March 1956, when I returned from the Army, returned to NYU, and returned to the ILGWU, my life returned to being much as it was before: frenetic.

"For some time, as I have been writing these pieces, ideas have been coming to me in the early morning while I am half asleep. The idea that occurred to me this morning was to describe the people and events I can still remember from my time in the…

"Today is July 1, 2010, and as I woke up this morning, I was stricken with guilt."

"I clearly inherited my sense of Jewishness from my mother. "