tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137559322024-03-13T15:06:36.214-04:00GuitarGirl's Digital DiaryLynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-55152556056478633662023-12-16T13:03:00.000-05:002023-12-16T13:03:04.809-05:00JOIN US at the Dogfish on New Year's Eve!<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/RyqTq4qy_Mc?si=AuvlcJFIVmcMgG7I" frameborder="0"></iframe>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-83635549663152615082023-10-14T12:06:00.001-04:002023-10-14T12:06:23.815-04:00promo for THE DUKE<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/dOjSeNloHUU?si=Gs4hHZ1q_X6Dv76C" frameborder="0"></iframe>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-62077270969808087252023-07-14T13:31:00.002-04:002023-07-24T10:15:51.541-04:00HI REZ TABERNA AND KINGSTON SIZZLE<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/SeaZ1gNJVEE" width="480"></iframe>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-87054722871324319072022-04-28T09:32:00.001-04:002022-04-28T09:32:01.875-04:00My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it<p><span class="s3" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.3456px;">By Lynda Kraar</span><span class="s4" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.3456px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">A Polish nobleman from the village of Siedlce</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">sometime around 1500</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">A coat of arms with a caval</span><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">ryman and the cross</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">The people of Siedlce</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">their families</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">their descendants</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">their ancestors</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Daniel Siedlecki, founder of Siedlce –</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">not to be confused with Daniel Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">father of Abram Mojsze Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">not of Siedlce but of the Jewish holy city Konskie: My father.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My Daniel Siedlecki was not the nobleman, no.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">But he did become a sergeant in World War I</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">notable for a Jew – miracle for a Jew.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">We numbered hundreds</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Abram, Daniel, Chaja</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Freda, Eliezer, Ruchel</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Rivke, Ari, Chaim</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Matisyahu, Yidl, Shmiel</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Gitl, Sureh, Leibish</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">We populated the farms and factories</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Opochno and Stuznow.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">We morphed into Anklewiczes, Sawickis and Zlotogurskis.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">The other ones – the Jans, Tadeuszes and Antons –</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">they were chased from their towns</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">to the cold Russian gulags</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">to the colder English world -- </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">only to relearn their culture</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">and yearn for a strong, free Poland.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">They formed veterans associations</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">and sung songs of the Polish air force</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">accompanied by accordions and Sliwowicz,</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">poured out in thimbles at the Polish Legion hall</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">as if that would make it right</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Our Siedleckis, the Jewish ones, stayed behind in Poland.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Our Siedleckis were counted and herded</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">into the ghettos of Konskie, Tomaszow, Warsaw and Lodz.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Our Siedleckis went by train to places with names like</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Poznan</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Birkenau and</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Auschwitz</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Our Siedleckis went up the chimney</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">after gasping and choking</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">on Xyklon B</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">until blood poured from our ears and eyes.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Women, children, naked…</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Our Siedleckis, the glorious Siedleckis who had orchards</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">and served in the Polish brigade</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">and celebrated weddings and births –</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">they dwindled to one Siedlecki…</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">…my father, Abram Siedlecki,</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">who was not part of the veterans association</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">who was not decorated</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">whose only achievement was to escape the death camp</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">while the Allies were bombing the factories of IG Farben</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Were it only up to the Nazis and not also up to God,</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">he would have been known only as</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">111855 –</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">the number tattooed on his arm</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">which made me proud to be a</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">Siedlecki</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;"> </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">My last name is Siedlecki and no one else can even pronounce it.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 15.288px; line-height: 18.3456px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.345600128173828px;">That is the name of the first group I ever saw fit to join on Facebook.</span></p>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-44273151926293023782021-04-04T12:06:00.004-04:002021-04-04T12:06:58.624-04:00 CHRIST HAS RISEN<p> </p><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CHRIST HAS RISEN</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By Ann Szedlecki</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dA43MWkVamQ/YGnj2OOMNbI/AAAAAAABNVE/FofVfEqKjwMUl5jPzZe3BQ_T1fb4mSJSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ann%2BSzedlecki%2Bedited%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1633" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dA43MWkVamQ/YGnj2OOMNbI/AAAAAAABNVE/FofVfEqKjwMUl5jPzZe3BQ_T1fb4mSJSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ann%2BSzedlecki%2Bedited%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">One
day I came to Aunt Katia’s house, not realizing that it was Easter. It didn’t
make any difference to me. I didn’t know when Passover occurred, either. When I
entered, she greeted me with, “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Christos
voskres!, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Christ has risen!”</span></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
didn’t know what to say, and she told me that I was supposed to reply, “<i>Na vieki viekov!, </i>Forever and ever!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
reminded her that I was Jewish, but she already knew that. Still, she expected
me to answer this way because Jesus was Jewish, after all. I didn’t know that.
I still can’t make up my mind which of us was more ignorant. It must have been
me. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
question about the ancestry of Jesus never came up back home. His name was
never mentioned. I had to come to the Soviet Union, a godless country, to find
out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For
the Easter holiday she killed a pig and then made blood sausage. She offered to
share it with me. I refused and almost gagged just looking at it. It must have
been my Jewish background. Not that I ate kosher food in Siberia. And where
would I get any, anyway? It was the blood I could not tolerate. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She
called me <i>maya malenkaya zhidovetchka,</i>
my little Jewess. It sounded endearing. We were fond of each other and she was
very lonely, too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">"Christ Has Risen" became part of the award-winning book "Album of My Life," by Ann Szedlecki, (c) 2009, as part of Series II of the Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs, published by the Azrieli Foundation. Released in English and in French, "Album of My Life" is still popular and available.</i></p></div>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-58279106487875564272021-03-26T14:24:00.001-04:002021-03-26T14:24:08.164-04:00The Last Dayenu by Ann Szedlecki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BUCn4WB_QBU/YF4kvYhv4XI/AAAAAAABNRA/04RSsi8H7pkpr1g27-zezjR7_xuIw8jcACLcBGAsYHQ/s594/Ann%2BSzedlecki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="390" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BUCn4WB_QBU/YF4kvYhv4XI/AAAAAAABNRA/04RSsi8H7pkpr1g27-zezjR7_xuIw8jcACLcBGAsYHQ/w199-h304/Ann%2BSzedlecki.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></i></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Last Dayenu </span></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">by Ann Szedlecki</h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The annual rites of spring began when the housewives dumped the old straw from the mattresses and replaced it with fresh smelling straw. Passover couldn’t be far off. My mother’s homemade wine was distilled, drop after drop running through clean linen, leaving a deposit. The linen was changed a few times until the wine was clear. A large jar held cut-up red beets and water filled to the top that was going to ferment. Vinegar was not allowed, because it is a product of wheat—chametz[1]—and there was also our borscht.[2]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our large laundry basket, by now well scrubbed and lined with a large white sheet, was ready to store the matzah (unleavened bread eaten on Passover). We had Passover dishes and cutlery, but we didn’t have a Passover set of pots and pans. Our dishes were made kosher[3] by a man who pulled a wagon containing metal vats with hot water. By dipping the pots and pans in the water, the cookware was declared kosher for Passover.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My public school, Number 132 in Lodz, which only Jewish girls attended, was located on No. 19 Wierzbowa, Willow Street. Classes were taught in Polish. For Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), we were asked to bring some items to be distributed amongst needy students. The same went for Passover. The food tank was an old tradition. We never knew who was being helped; all I knew was that I was the giver. This tradition was instilled in me from an early age.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For Passover, I was outfitted in new clothing: new ribbons for my braids; new underwear and socks; a dress; and, finally, new shoes. My mother always took me shopping, but in the spring of 1939 she could not spare the time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a new addition to our family. My 23-year-old sister had given birth to a baby girl, Miriam, making me an aunt at almost 14. My mother was busy helping my sister cope with the baby. The task of buying me shoes fell to my aunt, Tauba Glika, my mother’s middle sister, who was childless. Sarah Rivka, my youngest aunt—she was also childless—had been thrown out of Germany a year before. She had enough problems of her own and couldn’t participate in our Passover preparations.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Upon entering the shoe store, my aunt immediately asked for a pair of flat, black patent-leather shoes with a strap, the kind I had worn since age five. My eyes were drawn to a pair of blue suede pumps trimmed with pink leather X’s and, m<span class="sewvhhx64obvgpt"></span><span class="sewvhhx64obvgpt"></span>ost importantly, a three centimetre heal. My mind was made up. I wanted those shoes. A battle of wills ensued: it was to be those shoes or none. I emerged victorious, much to the delight of my sister, who applauded me for asserting my independence. By the way, she liked the shoes so much that she also wore them sometimes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The wooden floor of our kitchen was scoured with sand to get out the oil stains left by the sewing machines. The kitchen was my father’s working area, as well as my mother’s cooking domain. The only other room was a dining room, minus our beautiful black dining set. The table and chairs had been repossessed by the city for non-payment of taxes. It was just as well, there was no place for the set. The other half of the room had two beds: one lounge for my brother and a metal child’s bed for me. It was really getting too short.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red wax was applied to the floor and allowed to dry. Finally, a heavy polisher was pushed manually to give the floor a shine. After all of these preparations, we followed our father through the house on the evening before the first Seder.[4] With candles in our hands and a feather in his, and we went through every corner of the house to get out the last bits of chametz trapped in the crevices. The chametz was to be burned the next morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By noon the next day, everything was ready for the festivities: the beautifully ironed white tablecloth; the polished sterling silver candlesticks; and the armchair, where my father was going to sit, leaning on a huge pillow. On the table we had china, cutlery, napkins, wine glasses, and a beautifully embroidered matzah cover in front of my father’s seat. On the round plate, there was a roasted egg, a shank bone, bitter herbs, and other foods that are blessed at the Seder. Mouth-watering smells emanated from the kitchen. My stomach was growling, but it would have to wait.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My sister, her husband, and the baby arrived. There were six adults, but only four chairs. The lounge chair was put against the table for me and my older brother, Shoel. The women lit the candles and said the blessings. We opened the Haggadot[5], and the Seder began. My brother asked the Four Questions, even though I was the youngest (except for the baby). I checked Elijah the Prophet’s cup to see if he drank from it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything went smoothly until we reached “Dayenu.”[6] As far as I could remember, I had always giggled when I heard this song. This year, I was almost 14 and an aunt. I had hoped that I had outgrown the laughing, but there was no such luck. As we came closer to “Dayenu” my father’s blue eyes, beneath bushy black brows, fixed on me as though asking me to behave. I got up from the table, hand on my mouth. When I reached the kitchen, the giggles I was holding back erupted.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A short while later I rejoined the family. The afikoman[7] was on top of the wardrobe and easy to find. My sister, her husband, and the baby left quite late. I had trouble falling asleep. I was waiting for the morning to arrive so I could put on all my new clothes to impress my friends.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The aroma from the kitchen woke me up. My mother was preparing breakfast for me. It wasn’t very fancy. During Passover, she served either matzah brie or bubbaleh (dishes made with matzah and eggs). In those days, we didn’t worry about cholesterol. Tea with lemon followed. My special treat was sponge cake with wine. Pouring the wine over the cake, I waited for the liquid to be absorbed. It tasted heavenly, just like a tort.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After breakfast, I joined my girlfriends in the courtyard. We played hopscotch, and my new shoes got scuffed. I used a brush with special bristles to fix the shoes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My aunt, Sarah Rivka, the Berliner, came to join us for lunch. Afterward, she took me to see a movie, The Great Waltz. My aunt was a very attractive woman in her 40’s. Beautifully dressed, she drew admiring glances from the holiday crowd filling the main streets on this warm, sunny spring day full of promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the way home we passed Rumba, the new ice cream parlour. It was crowded. I was tempted to go in, but I resisted. I remember being so proud walking beside Sarah Rivka. I didn’t want the day to end, but it was getting late and the preparations for the second Seder were in full swing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wondered how I would react to “Dayenu” that night. To tell the truth, I don’t remember. But it would be many years before I heard “Dayenu” again. By then, I didn’t find the song funny. The beautiful time we shared as a family was shattered and taken away from us so tragically as a result of the Holocaust. Only fond memories remain.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Originally published in the Canadian Jewish News, "The Last Dayenu" became part of the award-winning book "Album of My Life," by Ann Szedlecki, (c) 2009, as part of Series II of the Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs, published by the Azrieli Foundation. Published in English and in French, "Album of My Life" is still popular and available.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Footnotes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[1] Bread, grains, and leavened products that are not consumed on the Jewish holiday of Passover.<br /><br />[2] A soup, often made with beets, that is popular in many Eastern and Central European countries.<br /><br />[3] Kosher foods are those that conform to Jewish dietary laws such as not including ingredients derived from non-kosher animals or from kosher animals that were not properly slaughtered and not mixing meat and dairy.<br /><br />[4] A ritual feast that marks the beginning of Passover.<br /><br />[5] Books read on Passover containing the story of the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt and the ritual of the Seder.<br /><br />[6] A song at the end of the Haggadah about being grateful to G-d for the blessings He bestowed upon the Jewish people during the Exodus from Egypt and their journey to the Land of Israel. Dayenu means it would have sufficed.<br /><br />[7] A half piece of matzah that is broken at the early stages of the Seder and set aside to be eaten as a dessert after the meal.</div></div><br /><p> </p>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-81067650189107358652021-01-12T20:42:00.062-05:002021-03-11T23:39:58.111-05:00Household items for sale - Corso Italia<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UJlLjOrO1s/X_5MH8vnMJI/AAAAAAABMnw/pCgtq7RY_HI6MawRiWL1uOiAtic8LXnJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Antique%2Boak%2Btable%2Bw%2Bwrought%2Biron%2Blegs%2B-%2B4%2527%2Bx%2B2%2527.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UJlLjOrO1s/X_5MH8vnMJI/AAAAAAABMnw/pCgtq7RY_HI6MawRiWL1uOiAtic8LXnJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Antique%2Boak%2Btable%2Bw%2Bwrought%2Biron%2Blegs%2B-%2B4%2527%2Bx%2B2%2527.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antique oak table w wrought iron legs $200 - 4' x 2'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw64_mW5Ttw/X_5MH3sky2I/AAAAAAABMns/BXKt0WOKFr0Q362cmHz47Vxs350ggmERwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Antique%2Boak%2Btable%2Bw%2Bwrought%2Biron%2Blegs%2B-%2Blegs%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw64_mW5Ttw/X_5MH3sky2I/AAAAAAABMns/BXKt0WOKFr0Q362cmHz47Vxs350ggmERwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Antique%2Boak%2Btable%2Bw%2Bwrought%2Biron%2Blegs%2B-%2Blegs%2Bview.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antique oak table w wrought iron legs - $200 - legs view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BGTt8GLyFo/X_5MHQz9jOI/AAAAAAABMno/Z16v3puXRmQRx4Uhn27mQjeBhS0Km9K7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Asian%2B3-tier%2Bceramic%2Bdish%2B-%2BCopper%2Bkettle%2Band%2Bpot%2B-%2B2%2Bcut%2Bcrystal%2Bbud%2Bvases%2B-%2Bamber%2Bglass%2Bcake%2Btray.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BGTt8GLyFo/X_5MHQz9jOI/AAAAAAABMno/Z16v3puXRmQRx4Uhn27mQjeBhS0Km9K7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Asian%2B3-tier%2Bceramic%2Bdish%2B-%2BCopper%2Bkettle%2Band%2Bpot%2B-%2B2%2Bcut%2Bcrystal%2Bbud%2Bvases%2B-%2Bamber%2Bglass%2Bcake%2Btray.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asian 3-tier ceramic dish ($10) - 2 Copper pots ($20)- 2 cut crystal bud vases ($10 for the pair) - amber glass cake tray ($6) - $35 for all</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JHefrqR5Y84/X_5MIH9MHaI/AAAAAAABMn0/8VeHDoZ4CEo8JlBYZ6DyI-XaamHaAh1-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Bekvam%2BIkea%2Bspice%2Bshelves%2B-%2B3.99%2Beach.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JHefrqR5Y84/X_5MIH9MHaI/AAAAAAABMn0/8VeHDoZ4CEo8JlBYZ6DyI-XaamHaAh1-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Bekvam%2BIkea%2Bspice%2Bshelves%2B-%2B3.99%2Beach.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bekvam Ikea spice shelves - $10 for all three</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SneBajBSqk/X_5MI9aLoyI/AAAAAAABMoA/hSuv9s-w38gGOs7sxPDnzNrndoguIb8rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Blue%2Blarge%2Bcushion%2Bwith%2Bwhite%2Bstars.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SneBajBSqk/X_5MI9aLoyI/AAAAAAABMoA/hSuv9s-w38gGOs7sxPDnzNrndoguIb8rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Blue%2Blarge%2Bcushion%2Bwith%2Bwhite%2Bstars.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue large cushion with white stars - $5</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lnOKr4VeZTE/X_5MI0H88WI/AAAAAAABMn4/VSoakhZsFqgpvsBZStHQlwChc2wobJXmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Copper%2Bpots.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lnOKr4VeZTE/X_5MI0H88WI/AAAAAAABMn4/VSoakhZsFqgpvsBZStHQlwChc2wobJXmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Copper%2Bpots.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Copper pots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZqLjkjXRDQ/X_5MJnMnP2I/AAAAAAABMoE/A2FESqyW1iYdXm0gMGGh6LJbcs4UQ326gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Crystal%2Bdecanters.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DZqLjkjXRDQ/X_5MJnMnP2I/AAAAAAABMoE/A2FESqyW1iYdXm0gMGGh6LJbcs4UQ326gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Crystal%2Bdecanters.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal round decanter - $25</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cWc7F9mUqb4/X_5MJ1r2IzI/AAAAAAABMoI/Vg30UjK8iOI-f-zBj1qbftOey-Os8ZtZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Crystal%2Brectangular%2Bdecanter.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cWc7F9mUqb4/X_5MJ1r2IzI/AAAAAAABMoI/Vg30UjK8iOI-f-zBj1qbftOey-Os8ZtZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Crystal%2Brectangular%2Bdecanter.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal rectangular decanter - $25</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jDxdbLsKyk/X_5MKQVvwyI/AAAAAAABMoM/xS_nw_HP04M5XW6DpbVdHyn2Jd6A1KvYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Dark%2Boak%2Bveneer%2BTV%2Bstand%2B16%2522%2Bdeep%2Bx%2B24%2522%2Bhigh%2Bx%2B52%2522%2Blong%2Bx%2B%2B.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jDxdbLsKyk/X_5MKQVvwyI/AAAAAAABMoM/xS_nw_HP04M5XW6DpbVdHyn2Jd6A1KvYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Dark%2Boak%2Bveneer%2BTV%2Bstand%2B16%2522%2Bdeep%2Bx%2B24%2522%2Bhigh%2Bx%2B52%2522%2Blong%2Bx%2B%2B.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mid-century modern dark oak veneer TV stand 16" deep x 24" high x 52" long</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSKPfg4icrs/X_5MKxLL0HI/AAAAAAABMoU/gApKBRoqP44T2_7ieCFpB8NxDs5FWfZkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Four%2Bsmall%2Bcrates%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSKPfg4icrs/X_5MKxLL0HI/AAAAAAABMoU/gApKBRoqP44T2_7ieCFpB8NxDs5FWfZkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Four%2Bsmall%2Bcrates%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four small crates - 10" x 10" - $10 for all 4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AyaW6tHW-7U/X_5MK9t_ddI/AAAAAAABMoQ/uQei4T1JvA8CIWZcHRugDBtTgl4RpBVZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Hemnes%2Blong%2B8%2Bdrawers.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AyaW6tHW-7U/X_5MK9t_ddI/AAAAAAABMoQ/uQei4T1JvA8CIWZcHRugDBtTgl4RpBVZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Hemnes%2Blong%2B8%2Bdrawers.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hemnes long 8 drawers - $200</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Zcq_PIQ3_E/X_5MLiC_SeI/AAAAAAABMog/HscYbcD-q-YgY4PWqcopgOx4IDVyiD4dACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ikea%2BDetolf%2Bcurio%2Bcabinet.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Zcq_PIQ3_E/X_5MLiC_SeI/AAAAAAABMog/HscYbcD-q-YgY4PWqcopgOx4IDVyiD4dACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ikea%2BDetolf%2Bcurio%2Bcabinet.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ikea Detolf curio cabinet - $30 - https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-10119206/</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7SC-qeX9nic/X_5MLoCo_bI/AAAAAAABMok/7ol-y5VtCnMYK_g_xLfzfsOUvceKvZn2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ikea%2BKallax%2Bsquare%2Bcubbies%2Bwith%2BBesta%2Blong%2Bshelf%2B-%2Bdrawers%2Band%2Bglass%2Bdoors%2B%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ikea Kallax square cubbies with Besta long shelf - drawers and glass doors 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rjrrDMUq1YI/X_5MLwqTXGI/AAAAAAABMoo/Y_WNrTBKlfcNPbIdMLhH2acSrb28_O_SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ikea%2BKallax%2Bsquare%2Bcubbies%2Bwith%2BBesta%2Blong%2Bshelf%2B-%2Bdrawers%2Band%2Bglass%2Bdoors%2B%2B3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rjrrDMUq1YI/X_5MLwqTXGI/AAAAAAABMoo/Y_WNrTBKlfcNPbIdMLhH2acSrb28_O_SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ikea%2BKallax%2Bsquare%2Bcubbies%2Bwith%2BBesta%2Blong%2Bshelf%2B-%2Bdrawers%2Band%2Bglass%2Bdoors%2B%2B3.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ikea Kallax square cubbies with Besta long shelf - drawers and glass doors 3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZKiiAILins/X_5MMXp1rQI/AAAAAAABMos/vyiVlvApdmUNgqVxC4viXOoxtYhHBGM3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ikea%2BKallax%2Bsquare%2Bcubbies%2Bwith%2BBesta%2Blong%2Bshelf%2B-%2Bdrawers%2Band%2Bglass%2Bdoors%2B.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZKiiAILins/X_5MMXp1rQI/AAAAAAABMos/vyiVlvApdmUNgqVxC4viXOoxtYhHBGM3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ikea%2BKallax%2Bsquare%2Bcubbies%2Bwith%2BBesta%2Blong%2Bshelf%2B-%2Bdrawers%2Band%2Bglass%2Bdoors%2B.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Besta long shelf - drawers and glass doors (top unit) https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/besta-tv-bench-white-s69061227/ $100</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sF9ZrG1ywk/X_5MK5wnTiI/AAAAAAABMoY/qvTNIW2XUw4fXRorjxL29TWSAVyMU9iBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IKEA%2BPapaja%2Bceramic%2Bplant%2Bpot.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sF9ZrG1ywk/X_5MK5wnTiI/AAAAAAABMoY/qvTNIW2XUw4fXRorjxL29TWSAVyMU9iBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IKEA%2BPapaja%2Bceramic%2Bplant%2Bpot.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IKEA Papaja ceramic plant pot - $3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YH7py8wec28/X_5MLVnHk_I/AAAAAAABMoc/6McG-BsYtf0FFFb55ILEaHAaxFjXfezfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IKEA%2BPapaja%2Bplant%2Bpot%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YH7py8wec28/X_5MLVnHk_I/AAAAAAABMoc/6McG-BsYtf0FFFb55ILEaHAaxFjXfezfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IKEA%2BPapaja%2Bplant%2Bpot%2B2.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IKEA Papaja plant pot bottom - $3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-faeR11A5Nk8/X_5MNITOR1I/AAAAAAABMo0/BKSiVjmP128-stFUw2R5YfBFU-QiOYCKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ikea%2Bstraw%2Blamp.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-faeR11A5Nk8/X_5MNITOR1I/AAAAAAABMo0/BKSiVjmP128-stFUw2R5YfBFU-QiOYCKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ikea%2Bstraw%2Blamp.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ikea straw swag lamp - $15</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4lpfwG769c/X_5MOIpPtSI/AAAAAAABMpA/02XQbG2wmVMU2X6mhNesl4gWcVmOF6tfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4lpfwG769c/X_5MOIpPtSI/AAAAAAABMpA/02XQbG2wmVMU2X6mhNesl4gWcVmOF6tfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket%2B2.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large straw basket $20</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xepPfT4wLCc/X_5MU_y6O8I/AAAAAAABMqE/xu_M21fGITsOBDDQfha14XgLC5tHMWcBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket%2Bprofile%2Bperfect%2Bcond.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xepPfT4wLCc/X_5MU_y6O8I/AAAAAAABMqE/xu_M21fGITsOBDDQfha14XgLC5tHMWcBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket%2Bprofile%2Bperfect%2Bcond.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large straw basket 2 $20</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJsqEhAFrqM/X_5MOlLzbTI/AAAAAAABMpE/Rnm9LSScul42EwaU28KL3Tny-_2tpFDIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJsqEhAFrqM/X_5MOlLzbTI/AAAAAAABMpE/Rnm9LSScul42EwaU28KL3Tny-_2tpFDIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bstraw%2Bbasket.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">large straw basket profile perfect cond $20</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4cLsi74XuD8/X_5MVJZN30I/AAAAAAABMqI/lMBmpEMXrhUrPh-Xb3wyQ1xh1lBfYyplgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/red%2Bembroidered%2Blumbar%2Bcushion.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4cLsi74XuD8/X_5MVJZN30I/AAAAAAABMqI/lMBmpEMXrhUrPh-Xb3wyQ1xh1lBfYyplgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/red%2Bembroidered%2Blumbar%2Bcushion.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red brocade embroidered lumbar cushion $5</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihYXauX7w6I/X_5MOpDymZI/AAAAAAABMpI/6m8lEDEOoq4PIpdCVkFs8V5cxS6PAFURgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Round%2Bcrystal%2Bdecanter.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihYXauX7w6I/X_5MOpDymZI/AAAAAAABMpI/6m8lEDEOoq4PIpdCVkFs8V5cxS6PAFURgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Round%2Bcrystal%2Bdecanter.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Round crystal decanter $15</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VrngGcCzTY/X_5MPZGWbqI/AAAAAAABMpQ/Jjsw2LMHWC4u87Esk6GRLKKJn4zJ0qgSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Set%2Bof%2Bcrystal%2Bglassware.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VrngGcCzTY/X_5MPZGWbqI/AAAAAAABMpQ/Jjsw2LMHWC4u87Esk6GRLKKJn4zJ0qgSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Set%2Bof%2Bcrystal%2Bglassware.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set of crystal glassware - $20</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_ZZKXZMaJs/X_5MOl1mFUI/AAAAAAABMpM/BQ3YePr7glYrWzU_PcTLx_0yi_utoS3cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Set%2Bof%2BDuralex%2Bdishes.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_ZZKXZMaJs/X_5MOl1mFUI/AAAAAAABMpM/BQ3YePr7glYrWzU_PcTLx_0yi_utoS3cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Set%2Bof%2BDuralex%2Bdishes.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set of Duralex dishes - more than 20 pieces - $45</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exQ6lgcwEqo/X_5MP_1LF7I/AAAAAAABMpU/0ejPurbUu60XxMh5_7t2mjdvyUJngwQhACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Smal%2Bcrates%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exQ6lgcwEqo/X_5MP_1LF7I/AAAAAAABMpU/0ejPurbUu60XxMh5_7t2mjdvyUJngwQhACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Smal%2Bcrates%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Smal crates 10" x 10" - $5 for both</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vga0l0uniWA/X_5MRD7iHLI/AAAAAAABMpg/p-srluu8ZI8RywiatRcG47j7ExbB2KUOACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Small%2Bwood%2Bcrates%2Bx%2B4%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vga0l0uniWA/X_5MRD7iHLI/AAAAAAABMpg/p-srluu8ZI8RywiatRcG47j7ExbB2KUOACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Small%2Bwood%2Bcrates%2Bx%2B4%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small wood crates x 4 - 10" x 10" 2 - $5 for both<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XCeCTwoa0pA/X_5MRHfciVI/AAAAAAABMpY/Y7SUwnGJ6AgTp5CWk-f8Hcnjmfbmgwr3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Small%2Bwood%2Bcrates%2Bx%2B4%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XCeCTwoa0pA/X_5MRHfciVI/AAAAAAABMpY/Y7SUwnGJ6AgTp5CWk-f8Hcnjmfbmgwr3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Small%2Bwood%2Bcrates%2Bx%2B4%2B-%2B10%2522%2Bx%2B10%2522.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small wood crates x 4 - 10" x 10" Four for $10</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwJx05K3JOA/X_5MRGcWVhI/AAAAAAABMpc/_0ACVMnzJlUgAa5LKIzutskT2JvXFXsOACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Stockholm%2B2017%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwJx05K3JOA/X_5MRGcWVhI/AAAAAAABMpc/_0ACVMnzJlUgAa5LKIzutskT2JvXFXsOACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stockholm%2B2017%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IKEA Stockholm 2017 ottoman pastel pink velvet aerial view $75</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-aRVli1gZM/X_5MR0jq68I/AAAAAAABMpk/WhgYovxZatw-dy_S7oFZZYWj32jwLfspACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Stockholm%2B2017%2Bottoman.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-aRVli1gZM/X_5MR0jq68I/AAAAAAABMpk/WhgYovxZatw-dy_S7oFZZYWj32jwLfspACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stockholm%2B2017%2Bottoman.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IKEA Stockholm 2017 ottoman pastel pink velvet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/stockholm-2017-ottoman-sandbacka-dark-gray-60344622/ - $75<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7XzYmKboio/X_5MTK9Df5I/AAAAAAABMps/r0GRoKrezmsWqhiErQIinHaa3K1tdukHACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Two%2Bbud%2Bvases.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7XzYmKboio/X_5MTK9Df5I/AAAAAAABMps/r0GRoKrezmsWqhiErQIinHaa3K1tdukHACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Two%2Bbud%2Bvases.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two bud vases</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsH8cHZOnkk/X_5MTjZCdiI/AAAAAAABMp0/FBZA9Vovh0EdZqagIgRDdvgTB8zCfiRIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/White%2BFan%2B-%2BIKEA%2BSkoghal%2Bbaskets%2B-%2BEnamel%2Blarge%2Bpot%2B.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsH8cHZOnkk/X_5MTjZCdiI/AAAAAAABMp0/FBZA9Vovh0EdZqagIgRDdvgTB8zCfiRIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/White%2BFan%2B-%2BIKEA%2BSkoghal%2Bbaskets%2B-%2BEnamel%2Blarge%2Bpot%2B.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Fan - IKEA Skoghal basket - Enamel large pot - $15 for all </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vdCScX93gIU/X_5MTY2R5oI/AAAAAAABMpw/ua_PM4pPZjAocjjhzk0XsvaVnNXvcKCsACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vdCScX93gIU/X_5MTY2R5oI/AAAAAAABMpw/ua_PM4pPZjAocjjhzk0XsvaVnNXvcKCsACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree%2B2.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yew wood earring tree 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YPUlXVKq330/X_5MT0vJEAI/AAAAAAABMp4/lZ9eIGin8HIZMeddzHC24ErA9blnqH45wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree%2Bbottom.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YPUlXVKq330/X_5MT0vJEAI/AAAAAAABMp4/lZ9eIGin8HIZMeddzHC24ErA9blnqH45wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree%2Bbottom.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yew wood earring tree bottom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_AEkFOZfyk/X_5MTx-zu4I/AAAAAAABMp8/tr9pry_Hv0IBc2Sny1gCQPZ_vysbrVIqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_AEkFOZfyk/X_5MTx-zu4I/AAAAAAABMp8/tr9pry_Hv0IBc2Sny1gCQPZ_vysbrVIqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Yew%2Bwood%2Bearring%2Btree.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yew wood earring tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-syeNKnglqWw/X_5MUXTAmQI/AAAAAAABMqA/LV6NsRHyQlMOCdAfzAZBybAxNJQrXSHCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Yorkshire-made%2BYew%2Bearring%2Btree%2B.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-syeNKnglqWw/X_5MUXTAmQI/AAAAAAABMqA/LV6NsRHyQlMOCdAfzAZBybAxNJQrXSHCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Yorkshire-made%2BYew%2Bearring%2Btree%2B.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yorkshire-made Yew earring tree </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mb1kJCI4Y6o/YAyqKST8ngI/AAAAAAABMus/uXO31nsV7iw_n0q5JuUZI_OVbLO2V90MACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Butterfly%2Btable%2Bw%2Bfour%2Bchairs%2B1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mb1kJCI4Y6o/YAyqKST8ngI/AAAAAAABMus/uXO31nsV7iw_n0q5JuUZI_OVbLO2V90MACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Butterfly%2Btable%2Bw%2Bfour%2Bchairs%2B1.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterfly table and four wood chairs - $100</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HTwHOHwg2c/YAyqRq2NpPI/AAAAAAABMwM/PXRJInnebB0qSrQvhRuGKZSqGpL8LwDFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/butterfly%2Btable%2Bw%2Bfour%2Bchairs%2B-%2Bopen%2Bcabinet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HTwHOHwg2c/YAyqRq2NpPI/AAAAAAABMwM/PXRJInnebB0qSrQvhRuGKZSqGpL8LwDFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/butterfly%2Btable%2Bw%2Bfour%2Bchairs%2B-%2Bopen%2Bcabinet.JPG" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">Butterfly table and four wood chairs </span><span style="text-align: center;">$100</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLIlWF0APxE/YAyqKpYLAhI/AAAAAAABMuw/aM1q8FDJ2UkGwct6a-xH8lrgifvG9LxcACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Butterfly%2Btable%2Bwith%2Bopen%2Bleaf.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLIlWF0APxE/YAyqKpYLAhI/AAAAAAABMuw/aM1q8FDJ2UkGwct6a-xH8lrgifvG9LxcACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Butterfly%2Btable%2Bwith%2Bopen%2Bleaf.JPG" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">Butterfly table and four wood chairs </span><span style="text-align: center;">$100</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBj_mIo5qU0/YAyqKfp9QYI/AAAAAAABMuo/wT0mkGP3GckdmJNQQ64NNRSh4Qx-wBDLACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Food%2BNetwork%2Band%2BTree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Btogether.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBj_mIo5qU0/YAyqKfp9QYI/AAAAAAABMuo/wT0mkGP3GckdmJNQQ64NNRSh4Qx-wBDLACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Food%2BNetwork%2Band%2BTree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Btogether.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Food Network wood salad bowl ($12) and rustic tree trunk salad bowl base ($20)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zNYhYzCqfq0/YAyqK-KGuVI/AAAAAAABMu4/TZHngLBnZmMaHsKI7L3lu1vJeIqbY8X6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zNYhYzCqfq0/YAyqK-KGuVI/AAAAAAABMu4/TZHngLBnZmMaHsKI7L3lu1vJeIqbY8X6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B2.JPG" /></a></div>Food Network wood salad bowl $12 <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-03rEJecDiug/YAyqK0-QhSI/AAAAAAABMu0/BVi8CL0rJdwQpGRNbh6CTnIEEtmnnUXDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B-%2Bwood%2Blayers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-03rEJecDiug/YAyqK0-QhSI/AAAAAAABMu0/BVi8CL0rJdwQpGRNbh6CTnIEEtmnnUXDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B-%2Bwood%2Blayers.JPG" /></a></div>Food Network wood salad bowl $12<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F2WkwJhP1p8/YAyqLHpu28I/AAAAAAABMu8/q_tiiUfHqQ0crtaPfGM0i6dz72kQ3iqwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbottom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F2WkwJhP1p8/YAyqLHpu28I/AAAAAAABMu8/q_tiiUfHqQ0crtaPfGM0i6dz72kQ3iqwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Food%2BNetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbottom.JPG" /></a></div>Food Network wood salad bowl $12<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yKhr_eomXng/YAyqLVyPuNI/AAAAAAABMvA/AiJ3f7XNt7AX7fMpXYvHgrXjfF3lQ7b5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Food%2Bnetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bclose%2Bup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yKhr_eomXng/YAyqLVyPuNI/AAAAAAABMvA/AiJ3f7XNt7AX7fMpXYvHgrXjfF3lQ7b5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Food%2Bnetwork%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bclose%2Bup.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Food Network wood salad bowl $12<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VL37A3HLJlE/YAyqLy8RmlI/AAAAAAABMvE/5SaWuVQ1Ty89_fePbyXlGJU-S_L71cxuACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bbrown%2Bbuffet%2B-%2Bopen%2B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VL37A3HLJlE/YAyqLy8RmlI/AAAAAAABMvE/5SaWuVQ1Ty89_fePbyXlGJU-S_L71cxuACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bbrown%2Bbuffet%2B-%2Bopen%2B.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mid-century hand-carved oak buffet<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFaIacgQEaY/YAyqMFRENHI/AAAAAAABMvI/ZhgEaAoYkbsWIG7katS0IYys10ps38QJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bbrown%2Bbuffet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFaIacgQEaY/YAyqMFRENHI/AAAAAAABMvI/ZhgEaAoYkbsWIG7katS0IYys10ps38QJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bbrown%2Bbuffet.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mid-century hand-carved oak buffet</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPNv6mASAmw/YAyqMLQHQ1I/AAAAAAABMvM/FqmPsXx3rXUC7xBeZ9naSaRHyUhnR9pSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bfile%2Bcabinet%2B-%2Btwo%2Btier.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPNv6mASAmw/YAyqMLQHQ1I/AAAAAAABMvM/FqmPsXx3rXUC7xBeZ9naSaRHyUhnR9pSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bfile%2Bcabinet%2B-%2Btwo%2Btier.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face="AvantGardeGothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 700;">Lateral File Cabinet - 36" Wide, 2 Drawer, White </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 700;">$250</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yS4XyXE9lTc/YAyqMXoPV-I/AAAAAAABMvQ/wyFXlwaGjrgsuasVs7y6WuD1VGBjFQNYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bfile%2Bcabinet%2Btwo%2Btier%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yS4XyXE9lTc/YAyqMXoPV-I/AAAAAAABMvQ/wyFXlwaGjrgsuasVs7y6WuD1VGBjFQNYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bfile%2Bcabinet%2Btwo%2Btier%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face="AvantGardeGothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 700;">Lateral File Cabinet - 36" Wide, 2 Drawer, White </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 700;">$250</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhjja8x-oaM/YAyqNAwPUnI/AAAAAAABMvU/4-dWGrFUu-42Yn9Mr9ggH2HQqKDc6elfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Bglobe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhjja8x-oaM/YAyqNAwPUnI/AAAAAAABMvU/4-dWGrFUu-42Yn9Mr9ggH2HQqKDc6elfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Bglobe.JPG" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Cardinal Classic Short", Georgia, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.5px;">Standing Floor Library Globe $200</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_nTQpRIclU/YAyqNlkK2VI/AAAAAAABMvY/_9cznfmGJyI3JK1AtIZ9mIInUP69WB5cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Large%2Btwo-tier%2Bfile%2Bcabinet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_nTQpRIclU/YAyqNlkK2VI/AAAAAAABMvY/_9cznfmGJyI3JK1AtIZ9mIInUP69WB5cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Large%2Btwo-tier%2Bfile%2Bcabinet.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face="AvantGardeGothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 700;">Lateral File Cabinet - 36" Wide, 2 Drawer, White $250</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFXXxXLvLFw/YAyqSp6Wf_I/AAAAAAABMwQ/Otu5U6dX3bolo7rVPyhVniaVrodZs-08QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/leather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFXXxXLvLFw/YAyqSp6Wf_I/AAAAAAABMwQ/Otu5U6dX3bolo7rVPyhVniaVrodZs-08QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/leather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mid-century leather top mahogany Imperial Grand Rapids coffee table <h2 style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; background-color: white; color: #211922; display: -webkit-box; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Beading on edges. 36" long x 18" wide x 17" high. $250</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJ5V-ewWnVs/YAyqOPQoBpI/AAAAAAABMvc/CGWyYkvDvYApEar13ujhCycfe_RRfukcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Leather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJ5V-ewWnVs/YAyqOPQoBpI/AAAAAAABMvc/CGWyYkvDvYApEar13ujhCycfe_RRfukcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Leather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" /></a></div>Mid-century leather top mahogany Imperial Grand Rapids coffee table <h2 style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; background-color: white; color: #211922; display: -webkit-box; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Beading on edges. 36" long x 18" wide x 17" high. $250</h2> aerial view<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cO1zHXE4p8s/YAyqOk41UxI/AAAAAAABMvk/fvMIrI6Kfwg2RR-o5D1zwR6psEIclNTeACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Small%2Bleather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2Bcirca%2B1956.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cO1zHXE4p8s/YAyqOk41UxI/AAAAAAABMvk/fvMIrI6Kfwg2RR-o5D1zwR6psEIclNTeACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Small%2Bleather%2Btop%2Bcoffee%2Btable%2Bcirca%2B1956.JPG" /></a></div>Mid-century leather top mahogany Imperial Grand Rapids coffee table <h2 style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; background-color: white; color: #211922; display: -webkit-box; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Beading on edges. 36" long x 18" wide x 17" high. $250</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ao_9KLgzol8/YAyqO8T0MuI/AAAAAAABMvs/rIEIaHSuMz4GnfwSlRrxkmaRwUbT6xVbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ao_9KLgzol8/YAyqO8T0MuI/AAAAAAABMvs/rIEIaHSuMz4GnfwSlRrxkmaRwUbT6xVbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2B2.JPG" /></a></div>Rustic! Tree trunk salad bowl $20<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gg_pk1U1jsc/YAyqO-JJMII/AAAAAAABMvo/O5yfJ5frrVsRtgwSlhsccAhLaSRD8-jBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbest%2Bclose%2Bup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gg_pk1U1jsc/YAyqO-JJMII/AAAAAAABMvo/O5yfJ5frrVsRtgwSlhsccAhLaSRD8-jBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbest%2Bclose%2Bup.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Rustic! Tree trunk salad bowl $20<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R52znIAJbuI/YAyqPMpglNI/AAAAAAABMvw/9Qr-oiRL0W8nos9jZTqwEdY_XJFH3ZjmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbottom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R52znIAJbuI/YAyqPMpglNI/AAAAAAABMvw/9Qr-oiRL0W8nos9jZTqwEdY_XJFH3ZjmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tree%2Btrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bbottom.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Rustic! Tree trunk salad bowl $20<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67ap9hR8tQE/YAyqOKc779I/AAAAAAABMvg/xtIokniuqOYF0PtPWBkDzIB1O9wlCpelwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tree%2BTrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bduplicate.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67ap9hR8tQE/YAyqOKc779I/AAAAAAABMvg/xtIokniuqOYF0PtPWBkDzIB1O9wlCpelwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tree%2BTrunk%2Bsalad%2Bbowl%2Bduplicate.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Rustic! 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If you buy a pair of UGGS sheepskin insoles you will have a pair of slippers that will last for years for much less than a brand new pair of UGGS. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAZNgPZtpVc/YAyqQOFJ-eI/AAAAAAABMwA/s4l1wPSR788_AZOQizNY8NVAfdETKpZaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/UGGS%2Bslippers%2B%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Bsole%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAZNgPZtpVc/YAyqQOFJ-eI/AAAAAAABMwA/s4l1wPSR788_AZOQizNY8NVAfdETKpZaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/UGGS%2Bslippers%2B%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Bsole%2Bview.JPG" /></a></div>UGGS ladies euro 38, $15. They need new insoles. If you buy a pair of UGGS sheepskin insoles you will have a pair of slippers that will last for years for much less than a brand new pair of UGGS. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CRJiOrurgus/YAyqQgMVqjI/AAAAAAABMwE/zPvXXincgisaKoGjecdAKp5Zmnyh_flEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/UGGS%2Bslippers%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CRJiOrurgus/YAyqQgMVqjI/AAAAAAABMwE/zPvXXincgisaKoGjecdAKp5Zmnyh_flEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/UGGS%2Bslippers%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Baerial%2Bview.JPG" /></a></div>UGGS ladies euro 38, $15. They need new insoles. If you buy a pair of UGGS sheepskin insoles you will have a pair of slippers that will last for years for much less than a brand new pair of UGGS. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yt6Ly1rw26E/YAyqRC8Hi9I/AAAAAAABMwI/DwhUNeqOCKwVgjNBLLjmZxyFLJMmJ-3hwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/UGGS%2Bslippers%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Bback%2Bview.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yt6Ly1rw26E/YAyqRC8Hi9I/AAAAAAABMwI/DwhUNeqOCKwVgjNBLLjmZxyFLJMmJ-3hwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/UGGS%2Bslippers%2Bladies%2Bsize%2BEUR%2B38%2Bback%2Bview.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>UGGS ladies euro 38, $15. They need new insoles. If you buy a pair of UGGS sheepskin insoles you will have a pair of slippers that will last for years for much less than a brand new pair of UGGS. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_7QTP-0blk/YAz4J1QUk1I/AAAAAAABMw0/eKbBp2hkBmsi5s8ohE8QgXqSa_qAepxsACLcBGAsYHQ/s474/external-content.duckduckgo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="474" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_7QTP-0blk/YAz4J1QUk1I/AAAAAAABMw0/eKbBp2hkBmsi5s8ohE8QgXqSa_qAepxsACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/external-content.duckduckgo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hemnes long 8-drawer dresser $200 - https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/hemnes-8-drawer-dresser-white-80374284/</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBM_bSO66G0/YCAcpkfLCVI/AAAAAAABM2E/PqfG7PzOkHUb9PCuxncbc5oVE-FWALwegCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ray Ban RB RX 5226 2034 Black/Crystal Women's Cat Eye Eyeglasses 49mm CASE" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBM_bSO66G0/YCAcpkfLCVI/AAAAAAABM2E/PqfG7PzOkHUb9PCuxncbc5oVE-FWALwegCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Helvetica neue", Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">Ray Ban RB RX 5226 2034 Black/Crystal Women's Cat Eye Eyeglasses 49mm - CASE with minor wear on front of snap</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bm4Q6WWMXHo/YCAcpgw3CZI/AAAAAAABM2I/wWs4dymhH1MTl-CTPi80YpKSX8FaQt4CgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bm4Q6WWMXHo/YCAcpgw3CZI/AAAAAAABM2I/wWs4dymhH1MTl-CTPi80YpKSX8FaQt4CgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Helvetica neue", Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">Ray Ban RB RX 5226 2034 Black/Crystal Women's Cat Eye Eyeglasses 49mm - tortoise frame w/ amethyst sides - retailed $400, will sell for $200 / case</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXAf6bXCEVs/YCAcpWTf4XI/AAAAAAABM2A/ct2B3OppirMLCzHocRe3o1C4TkRF5pf1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXAf6bXCEVs/YCAcpWTf4XI/AAAAAAABM2A/ct2B3OppirMLCzHocRe3o1C4TkRF5pf1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ray%2BBan%2BRB%2BRX%2B5226%2B2034%2BBlack%253ACrystal%2BWomen%2527s%2BCat%2BEye%2BEyeglasses%2B49mm%2B3.JPG" /></a></div><span face=""Helvetica neue", Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">Ray Ban RB RX 5226 2034 Black/Crystal Women's Cat Eye Eyeglasses 49mm - tortoise frame w/ amethyst sides - retailed $400, will sell for $200 / case</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FJp3CGABHM/YC_imyvNXrI/AAAAAAABM5I/kl6mPWTJ0l0A4WrDFWvqkFsX_-L0W03MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/knipsa-basket-seagrass__0713061_PE729165_S5.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FJp3CGABHM/YC_imyvNXrI/AAAAAAABM5I/kl6mPWTJ0l0A4WrDFWvqkFsX_-L0W03MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/knipsa-basket-seagrass__0713061_PE729165_S5.webp" /></a></div>13<a href="https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/knipsa-basket-seagrass-20110540/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Homeorganisation&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4L2BBhCvARIsAO0SBda_-yXY5W2onhi3_foUqEntkVL2xn2IM_MgcteDEntAtegti8f-oC0aAqSeEALw_wcB"> Ikea Knipsa baskets</a>, like new, with tags Retail for $24.99 but will sell for $20 each. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0KpZbchST7Q/YDGdWrR4D6I/AAAAAAABM54/G-u8QBi7998_u38Ot4pvDe8GAs8l_1bcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1361/detail2_STIP044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0KpZbchST7Q/YDGdWrR4D6I/AAAAAAABM54/G-u8QBi7998_u38Ot4pvDe8GAs8l_1bcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/detail2_STIP044.jpg" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">Hudson Desk from Hayneedle - $400 USD retail in New York. GREAT condition, all hardware. A perfect corner desk to make you work and feel your best. </span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">https://www.hayneedle.com/product/finley-home-hudson-l-shaped-desk-gray.cfm?pTmplType=regular&selectedSKUId=STIP044-1&source=emlmktg&tid=email_2271</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #80838d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 291.2px;"><tbody><tr style="padding: 0px;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: keep-all;" valign="top"><div style="color: #455560; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_title&source=gmail&ust=1614032982213000&usg=AFQjCNES3B8zWJCKIiXGXcyy-zIBbVVUWg" href="http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_title/" style="color: #455560; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hudson L-Shaped Desk - Gray</a></div></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; word-break: keep-all;" valign="top"><div style="font-style: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_sku&source=gmail&ust=1614032982213000&usg=AFQjCNHSJ-A4Op1Ll5CFrwxS-2tJw-trbw" href="http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_sku/" style="color: #80838d; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Item HN-STIP044-1</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXP-rRkMMZg/YDGdWar8BOI/AAAAAAABM50/W5RF8_bvP68HnFwwvN_CFhfpO9BVv62EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1361/detail3_STIP044.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXP-rRkMMZg/YDGdWar8BOI/AAAAAAABM50/W5RF8_bvP68HnFwwvN_CFhfpO9BVv62EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/detail3_STIP044.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hudson Desk from Hayneedle - $400 USD retail in New York. GREAT condition, all hardware. A perfect corner desk to make you work and feel your best. <br />https://www.hayneedle.com/product/finley-home-hudson-l-shaped-desk-gray.cfm?pTmplType=regular&selectedSKUId=STIP044-1&source=emlmktg&tid=email_2271<br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #80838d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 291.2px;"><tbody><tr style="padding: 0px;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: keep-all;" valign="top"><div style="color: #455560; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_title&source=gmail&ust=1614032982213000&usg=AFQjCNES3B8zWJCKIiXGXcyy-zIBbVVUWg" href="http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_title/" style="color: #455560; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hudson L-Shaped Desk - Gray</a></div></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; word-break: keep-all;" valign="top"><div style="font-style: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_sku&source=gmail&ust=1614032982213000&usg=AFQjCNHSJ-A4Op1Ll5CFrwxS-2tJw-trbw" href="http://%26link_identifier%3Dproduct_sku/" style="color: #80838d; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Item HN-STIP044-1</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jND5b_H_aFg/YDGdWu3SzpI/AAAAAAABM58/e0w5Y4Y7QrEB0Bcb8dnAkmDlR5tpvxRSACLcBGAsYHQ/s1361/detail_STIP044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1361" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jND5b_H_aFg/YDGdWu3SzpI/AAAAAAABM58/e0w5Y4Y7QrEB0Bcb8dnAkmDlR5tpvxRSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/detail_STIP044.jpg" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">Hudson Desk from Hayneedle - $400 USD retail in New York. GREAT condition, all hardware. 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GREAT condition, all hardware. 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Very comfortable, sturdy, in great condition. Beautifully upholstered, with two cushions. $50<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y6xTfrzBEns/YErhOtQrLRI/AAAAAAABM9Y/I7ZG5m3lS6szkDSyGmQfWKjuP4NHwn9KACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y6xTfrzBEns/YErhOtQrLRI/AAAAAAABM9Y/I7ZG5m3lS6szkDSyGmQfWKjuP4NHwn9KACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Corner chair from a sectional. Very comfortable, sturdy, in great condition. Beautifully upholstered, with two cushions. $50</div>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-456804265466841162020-12-29T13:32:00.005-05:002020-12-29T13:32:49.332-05:00Django and Stephane in the air on a warm New Jersey night<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Lynda Kraar</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't know how long I'd been at the wheel until the radio host on the big band station announced the time:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“This is Danny Stiles on your dials: your vicar of vintage; your king of nostalgia; your maven of moldy oldies. The time now is 4 a.m. Why aren’t you precocious teenagers in bed? Here’s one by the Four King Sisters – The Jersey Bounce, on the Bluebird label. I’m sending it out to Al Duffy. He's at the Red Blazer II tonight with the boys.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At four in the morning magical things happen -- things unknown to the sleeping world. From the well-lit highway I exited onto an old back road in western Monmouth County, listening to the strains of the Andrew Sisters, Slam Stewart, Charlie Christian and a cast of local musicians from a bygone era of whom I’d never heard.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The saplings along the side of the barely paved lane were donning their nighttime spring buds, revealing shades of emerald, forest, and cadmium green as the road ahead glistened a steely, crackled chromium in the moonlight. Like a deep-sea diver surrounded by the eerie shapes and sounds, I felt a rush of excitement about the summer, which, like sunrise, was just on the horizon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The car rattled as I hit a pothole, and then another. I cracked the window to feel the damp night air. The brooding sky roiled and slept fitfully, laying in wait for the dawn song of the thrushes, starlings and robins. Moonbeams outlined the form of cumulus clouds, revealing a silver lining on the blue blackness. At that moment the heavens had a personality and colour known only to cops on the beat, revellers returning from their soirees, street sweepers, insomniacs, chauffeurs finishing up a run to Atlantic City, and to gigging musicians like me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As the miles went by and I was swept up in the music, I felt a strange sensation like I was bending time, feeling the years melt away. Now I was in my pyjamas, nestled in my princess bedroom in my parents' house in Toronto, listening to the rock and roll station that was beaming in from far-off Fort Wayne, Indiana. Burning the midnight oil night after night, listening to this music, this wild abandon. It made me feel like a real Canadian kid in a house where accent-free English was spoken and parents listened to “cool” music, where dads wore sideburns and striped bell bottom suits, and moms in shag haircuts wore paisley silk shirts and go-go boots. I was trapped with these Eastern Europeans who insisted on a décor more reminiscent of the Tsar, complete with cobalt blue and gold leaf dishes on garish display in the living room, fuzzy wallpaper, and everything adorned in shades of amber, like a summer palace in St. Petersburg. We had both kinds of music in the house – opera and classical. WOWO 1190 Fort Wayne was my escape, even at the expense of bleary days in a parochial school classroom. I was flipping the dial one night and I found it. It came in clearest around midnight, when most of my school chums were having night terrors about the Leviathan, the Bible and Hell.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Through the static on snowy winter nights I’d hear Delaney and Bonnie singing “Only You Know and I Know.” Ocean was making a splash with “Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man from the Galilee.” And Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky” was fresh and exciting. I kept a notebook in my nightstand and wrote down lyrics as fast as I could every night. I memorized all the words of my favourite songs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I die and they lay me to rest</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gonna go to the place that's best</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When they lay me down to die</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goin on up to the Spirit in the sky</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CHORUS:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goin on up to the Spirit in the sky</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Spirit in the sky)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That's where I'm gonna go when I die</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(When I die)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I die and they lay me to rest</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm gonna go to the place that's the best*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura Nyro’s new album, “Eli and the Thirteenth Confession,” was making big waves. She was twenty-one when her hit song, the haunting rock ballad “Eli’s Coming,” was taking the place of her previous hit, “And When I Die,” which she had penned at the tender age of fourteen:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm not scared of dyin'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and I don't really care</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">if it's peace you find in dyin'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well then let the time be near</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">if it's peace you find in dyin'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When dyin' time is here</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">just bundle up my coffin</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">cause it's cold way down there</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CHORUS: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And when I die</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and when I'm gone</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">there'll be one child born</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">in this world to carry on**</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They survived Hitler, but my parents would not have tolerated my musical tastes. It was the early 1970s. Jesus was making a comeback. It was an era of beads, sandals and clear-eyed guys with long, blond hair and scraggly facial hair. Musicals like Kiss Me Kate and Applause made way for Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. Oy vey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, all of this was a cultural response to the Vietnam War. Even though I was too young to attend Woodstock, I was part of the revolution. In the evenings, my family would gather around the television and watch Irv Weinstein on Buffalo's Eyewitness News. They’d show pictures of soldiers in olive and khaki, looking terrified, but smiling.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The show hosts would announce birthdays – “Barbara in Tonawanda is six today and would like to tell her dad, Private Mike Nowicki, that she loves him and can’t wait to see him at Christmas.” I could picture her father, in that uniform, sitting around a TV with the other dads in ‘Nam, watching this show. Canadian kids didn’t understand this.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But we did understand music, and the radio was our source of information and connection with the outside world. My mother was heartbroken that I kept the door to my bedroom closed. I had a little beige mono earpiece that came with the radio. I cherished it. I kept it hidden. This was not how you did things in our Eastern European house, where we shared practically everything. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My car hit another pothole, and I was startled from my pre-dawn daydream. Again, I was at the wheel, starting to get antsy and craving some coffee or something that screamed Dunkin Donuts, anything to distract me from the fatigue. I looked down at the wheel and saw the hands of an adult, but I still felt like a kid. How did this happen, this metamorphosis? When? It seems so long ago, yet, it really seems like yesterday. At this hour your mind starts messing with you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I saw a familiar pink and orange sign on Route 9 in Howell, and I pulled into the lot. A night breeze blew the waft of freshly made sugary dough into my nostrils. I perked up. I entered the donut shop as I’ve done many times before. The bluish cast of the fluorescent lights pried my pupils open like a crowbar, giving me a gnawing buzzing in my head.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Howell beat cop was at the counter with his partner, bantering with the waitress about her upcoming semester at Monmouth College. Economics. I took my seat at a deuce, and ordered coffee in a ceramic cup with a chocolate chunk cookie on a piece of wax paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As I swooshed the melting chocolate around in my mouth, I felt a soft, friendly hand on my shoulder, and turned around to see a man in a double-breasted blazer, white hair neatly coiffed. It was Al Duffy. I was surprised and a bit shocked to see this octogenarian out so late.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“What are you doing here, Al?”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I had a gig tonight with some of the boys in the city. A jazz combo thing. They just dropped me off a little while ago,” he said, mischievously adding, “I didn’t feel like going straight home.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Al was my neighbour. Even though everyone called him Al Duffy, his real name was Adolph Daidone. He was a classically trained violinist, but he called himself a fiddler. The “boys” he was referring to were probably the best musicians in New York. Their heyday was the 1930s and ‘40s, when Al was in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, gigging at the NBC Studios in New York and making a lot of appearances -- the Kraft Music Hall, Chesterfield Presents, and the New Terrace Room of the New Yorker Hotel – long forgotten, acetates relegated to the musty archives by now. Al was part of an elite corps of Italian violinists and guitarists who made American jazz in New York City an institution.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“You expecting anyone?” he asked.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Nah, Al, I’m just gonna go home. I had a gig tonight, too, but I’m sure not as amazing as yours must have been.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Al was always so supportive of me and of the other musical upstarts who seemed to populate Monmouth County at the time. He believed that no gig was any less worthy than any other. He took all the work he was offered, and always made it classy. He was a great role model – our hero.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Listen, go grab your guitar. I wanna show you some stuff you never heard before.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutifully, and not to offend the great Al Duffy, I obliged, and retrieved my vintage Gibson L-50 archtop F-hole guitar out of the trunk of my car.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I returned, Al, with his affable demeanor, was noodling on his ever-present fiddle for the impromptu audience. The customers applauded when I brought in the guitar case. We all laughed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Sit down, watch this,” Al said, with delight in his eyes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He took apart his bow, unscrewing the frog and draping the horsehairs over the entire body of the violin and then tightening up the bow with the hairs caressing the cavity of the old fiddle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“You know Joe Venuti? This is what he used to do. Remember that record, Four-String Joe? He used to play triple stops, you know – draw the bow across three strings, and even four. No one knew how he did it. So one day he showed me.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Al played a few four-finger chords on the fiddle drawing his bow across all the strings, something you just can't do with a normal violin and bow. Then he played a few licks that sounded like two or three different musicians. I was in the presence of a master, and all I could do was to sit there and take mental snapshots.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">“Come on, Minor Swing in C. Don’t forget the two-five change. I’ll cue you. Let’s go: One, two, one-two-three-four…”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Chink-chink-chink-chinka-chink-chink-chink…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Minor Swing was a song made famous by Django Reinhardt and his Hot Club of Paris in the 1930s. Django was a Belgian Romani – a gypsy. By the time he was 18, he was already an accomplished violinist. One night a candle toppled in the caravan where he was living, and it burst into flames. Django was pulled out by a few family members. The accident left him with a crippled leg and disfigured hand. The fingers of his fretting hand were fused together in an ugly mess. He would never again play the violin.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Django turned to the guitar. Because his ear was trained to hear violin, he compensated for the loss of his ability, and taught himself to make arpeggiated runs on the fingerboard with his two working fingers while chording with the mangled ones. It sounded much like the gypsy violin style. He was actually creating a new genre that would come to be known as gypsy guitar. Django was an innovator.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before World War II, Django would meet the French-born Italian violinist Stephane Grappelli in a nightclub. They became musical partners and artistic soul mates, forming the Hot Club of France and becoming EMI recording artists in Paris. But it was a dark time in Europe, especially for minorities. By 1941, with the Nazis on a murderous rampage to eradicate Gypsies, Jews, and other undesirables, Django fled to North Africa to wait out the war.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And now, in Dunkin' Donuts in Howell, New Jersey, I could feel the presence of Django and Stephane as I played the guitar in the gypsy style, taking my cues from Al. He was at least fifty years my senior, but in this moment Al was my contemporary as we brought the music of his own heyday to life again.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Outside the sky was changing. More pinks, more pastel greens, yellows and gentle shades of violet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">In the middle of the song, Al shouted over to me, “Hey, did you ever hear the head on this tune?”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">“This tune has a head?” I asked, struck by the question. I thought I knew everything about the song.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">“Gimme A minor. Stay on it but you can riff on the passing chords. I’ll call out the other changes.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Chink-chink-chinka-chink.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From some special, magical place, a stirring melody emerged unlike anything I had ever heard, yet, it was precisely as I had always imagined that Stephane might have played it: ornate swells -- familiar, romantic, mysterious. Was something coming down from the heavens? The sky had gone from a churning cauldron to a stunning spectrum of pastel blue-violet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The onlookers were frozen in place. The cook was standing in the doorway where the waitress stood, motionless, watching. The cop was awestruck. All eyes were on Al as I quietly strummed the chords in gypsy style as he called them out to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Chink-chink-chink-chinka-chink-chink-chink.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A crescendo here, an arpeggio there. Back into the rhythm. Then Al cued me to go back to a basic A-A-B-A form of the song, and he bowed that fiddle as though he were channeling Stephane Grappelli. My wrists were loose and I was played with less inhibition than ever, more of a light spectrum than soundwaves. Laura Nyro, when she was recording, used to say to the session players, “Can you make that tone more purple?” My chords were gypsy shades of aubergine and teal, draped in smokiness; then lime green as I played a staccato while Al exploded in a flourish of cascading minor key notes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">As the sun peered out from behind a yellow and pink cloud, it dawned on me – time could be bent and old things could be very new.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The music of my heyday was already outdated, replaced by new sounds, new voices. The voices of a new generation. I longed for the golden days, the days of Danny Stiles, the days of Al Duffy, the days of Django and Stephane. It was okay to love American music without detesting European music. They could meet in the middle and become new and fresh – a new dawn. It was possible to see a new day on a planet that was billions of years old.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">There was a fragrant new batch of donuts on the racks. A fresh pot of coffee was brewing. We had been sitting in the donut shop for nearly three hours, riffing on the tunes, swapping stories and bending time the way Uri Geller could bend a spoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">As old as I felt then, the years continued to pass, and in the blink of an eye, it was twenty-five years later.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adolph Daidone died on Dec. 22, 2007. He was 100 years old and had been a member of the New York City musician’s union since 1924. His credits included luminaries like the Dorsey Brothers, Bobby Hackett, Dinah Shore and Jimmy Durante. He was survived by eleven great-grandchildren.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I always remember our night together. I still feel the presence of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli who came to call on me that night and never left me. I think of Laura Nyro, who sang “And When I Die,” then died too young.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’d tell you more, I’d reveal the long-lost heads of other famous songs as they were revealed to me, but I have a gig tonight in the city. At the Red Blazer II. With the boys. Maybe next time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Time. Ahh.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">* Spirit in the Sky (c) 1969, Norman Greenbaum, for Reprise Records</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">** And When I Die, (c) 1967, Laura Nyro, for Verve Records</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><p></p>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-51233831759534807202020-12-28T15:29:00.001-05:002020-12-28T18:30:19.925-05:00SOLD!!! Ariens 46 Riding Tractor with trailer - $450<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">THIS IS SOLD! THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">Ride in style and get your mowing done quickly and easily in this Ariens 18 HP Kohler Courage 18 riding tractor. Trailer included. 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color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">Serial Number 3831908263</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">Build date 11/14/2008</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">Uses Unleaded gasoline</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;">3-Gallon Fuel Tank</span><br style="background-color: white; 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This song is apropos these challenging times. Please wear a mask. Stay safe! Please feel free to share.</a><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UqVFvz1oME/Xxo8zdBYh7I/AAAAAAABLx8/jQSZhZcKjUMh6xJBBHsOSx0hzm4-kvmJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Change%2Bthe%2BWorld.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UqVFvz1oME/Xxo8zdBYh7I/AAAAAAABLx8/jQSZhZcKjUMh6xJBBHsOSx0hzm4-kvmJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Change%2Bthe%2BWorld.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-13494950846918590622019-07-19T20:56:00.001-04:002019-07-19T21:00:40.924-04:00LIQUIDATING - FREE ITEMS! 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<br />Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-22730860417647846282018-07-04T08:08:00.003-04:002018-07-04T08:08:58.825-04:00Ride for the Living 2018: It's a Wrap!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">THANK YOU!</span><br />
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From this bike...</div>
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Starting line at Auschwitz with 200 participants</div>
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To this! Finish line at the Krakow JCC!</div>
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Took one day to rest my weary tushy! </div>
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Love,</div>
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Lynda</div>
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Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-75959140245826798142018-06-30T02:57:00.000-04:002018-06-30T02:58:20.042-04:00111855 (aka Dad): WE DID IT! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did it on very little sleep - not sure how anyone can sleep before such an undertaking! So when I felt myself starting to nod at the handlebars, I took a break and missed the third quarter of the ride. We bussed to the last segment of the trip and I continued. So all in all, about 40 miles - more than I've ever done in one day in my life on my good bike! I crossed the finish line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dad, we sure showed those bastards not to fuck with us, didn't we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking one day to rest my weary tushy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A more thoughtful post to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">55-Mile Fundraising Bicycle Ride from Auschwitz to Krakow on June 29, 2018</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lynda Kraar of Englewood, NJ, will be traveling to Krakow, Poland, to participate in the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow’s fifth annual Ride for the Living during the JCC’s tenth birthday year. Kraar will be joining approximately 200 local JCC Krakow members, staff and friends from around the world to cycle the 55 miles from Auschwitz-Birkenau to the JCC to raise awareness and funds ensuring the future of Krakow’s Jewish community and supporting the 60 Holocaust survivors, as well as their children and grandchildren, at the JCC. Ride For The Living inspires participants to not only remember Poland’s Jewish past, but also to celebrate the miraculous rebirth of Jewish life taking place in Poland today despite all odds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“What a thrill to be part of the 2018 Ride For The Living, said Kraar, a first-time participant although she is well acquainted with Poland. Kraar serves as North American consultant for the world-renowned Warsaw-based POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opened four years ago and has already had 2.5 million visits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Jewish community that is thriving in Krakow, just a bike ride away from Auschwitz, is quite unfathomable, although its doable," said Kraar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The Ride will be especially meaningful for me because my father, who was tattooed in Auschwitz as 111855, walked out of the death camp at the very end of the war, and headed to Krakow to see what was left. After that my father reclaimed his name, Abram Siedlecki. In his memory I am riding with the moniker 111855.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Today Poland is a welcoming place that is experiencing a Jewish renaissance. I am proud to be a part of the movement, as is my family," Kraar says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are interested in supporting Kraar, please visit: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://jcckrakow.kindful.com/ride-for-the-living-2018/lynda-kraar&source=gmail&ust=1529693101239000&usg=AFQjCNGgosPBk2eC4sSTCqU5GawkZAlgAQ" href="https://jcckrakow.kindful.com/ride-for-the-living-2018/lynda-kraar" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://jcckrakow.kindful.com/<wbr></wbr>ride-for-the-living-2018/<wbr></wbr>lynda-kraar</a>. More information can be found about the Ride For The Living at <span style="color: #007dbc;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.ridefortheliving.org&source=gmail&ust=1529693101239000&usg=AFQjCNH2rSlk5pIGv-AS-W0aPZ8Qt5xEUw" href="http://www.ridefortheliving.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.ridefortheliving.org</a> </span>or by email at <span style="color: #007dbc;"><a href="mailto:ridefortheliving@jcckrakow.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">ridefortheliving@jcckrakow.<wbr></wbr>org</a></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">JCC Krakow was opened in April 2008 by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, and now serves as the focal point for the resurgence of Jewish life in Krakow with nearly 700 Jewish members. The center provides social and educational services to the local Jewish community, coordinates programming open to the entire Krakow community to foster Polish-Jewish relations and acts as Krakow's Jewish visitor center with over 125,000 visitors in 2017.</span></div>
Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-57830572634237805502018-05-31T16:41:00.000-04:002018-07-18T22:02:02.656-04:00The Knesset is just footsteps away from the Jerusalem Bird Observatory. Hey, let’s drop in.<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif;">The Knesset is just footsteps away from the Jerusalem Bird Observatory. Hey, let’s drop in.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Arriving at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory - right next door to the Knesset! Who knew? What a gem!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Getting an overview on the volunteers, how the Observatory is run, and on the species that can be found here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michelle gets ready to release a banded bird.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Getting a briefing from Amir Balaban, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">co-director of the Jerusalem bird observatory and wildlife artist at SPNI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">500 million (yes, you heard that right) fly though Israel on their way to other destinations along the bird flight path.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">After the gut-wrenching, powerful screening it took a few minutes for the audience to get up the composure to ask questions. Post-screening panel discussion included producer Roberta Grossman, Jowita Budnik (role of Rachela Auerbach), author Samuel Kassow, Karolina Gruszka (as Judiita Ringelblum), and executive producer Nancy Spielberg.</span><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="fcg" style="color: #90949c; font-family: inherit;"> — at <span class="fbPhotoTagListTag withTagItem tagItem" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="taggee" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=193974016418" href="https://www.facebook.com/polinmuseum/?ref=stream" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN</a></span>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">PTV time with Jolanta Gumula, Deputy Director of Programs.</span><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="fcg" style="color: #90949c; font-family: inherit;"> — at <span class="fbPhotoTagListTag withTagItem tagItem" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="taggee" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=193974016418" href="https://www.facebook.com/polinmuseum/?ref=stream" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN</a></span>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Lynda Marks Kraarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921832270981476694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13755932.post-65482765675752505792018-04-25T13:11:00.002-04:002018-04-25T13:17:18.186-04:00<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>From the 75th Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising</b></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">With Rabbi Symcha Keller, a formidable collector of prewar Polish cantorial melodies. He ran the Lodz Gemina until his move to Lublin. I plan to check out his new CD.</span><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="fcg" style="color: #90949c; font-family: inherit;"> — at <span class="fbPhotoTagListTag withTagItem tagItem" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="taggee" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=432456780140048" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-To-The-Heroes-Of-The-Warsaw-Ghetto/432456780140048?ref=stream" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Monument To The Heroes Of The Warsaw Ghetto</a></span>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">חזק ואמץ! </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chazak V'Amatz!</span></b></h2>
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The Bund/ Workmen’s Circle and Hashomer HaTzair held an emotional private joint memorial at the site of the Mila 18 monument. Earlier in the day, Hon. Ronald Lauder told an international crowd that this monument was not big enough. So noted! <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=519427868&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/fay.rosenfeld?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Fay Rosenfeld</a>, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=612063970&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/samuel.norich?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Samuel Norich</a>, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000014982967&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/whoathisisheavy?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Robbie Solway</a>, Ann Toback, Irene Pletka, Michael Steinlauf and Steven Meed spoke so beautifully from the heart and from beyond the grave. If that’s all it would have been, Dayenu! It would have been enough. And if there was only the candle lighting at the monument that followed, Dayenu! It would have been enough. However, the most moving part of the presentation took place at the end, when the youngest members of the newest Hashomer HaTzair “Ken” in Warsaw, gave the traditional, generations-old cheer, the refrain that once resonated loud and proud in Warsaw and throughout Poland, Chazak v’Amatz! Chazak v’Amatz! CHAZAK V’AMATZ! Mostly in tears, all our voices joined the youngest. And PS - By way of this post I am asking Fay to add a link to the streamed video of this event.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fay.rosenfeld/posts/10155659275682869">Here's a link to the video</a> of the ceremony on Facebook.<br />
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It’s a beautiful spring evening. The air is clear and good, warm and pleasant. I'm walking back from POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, along the street that connects the past with the present: the Ghetto with Normal. </div>
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I pass by people in the street, people on cell phones, people walking dogs. Cars are parked at their apartments, and you can see the flicker of television shows through the open windows, see the curtains flutter in the evening breeze on this beautiful night.</div>
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On the eve of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising I ask myself if its inmates ever felt normal. If it was possible to feel anything as mundane as a spring evening's breeze while you were watching your loved ones starving to death, and terror and chaos was everywhere. </div>
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How could there be normal when you were deteriorating from one day to the next? From one beautiful spring night made by God and delivered to humanity to the next? How did you know if you were going to be the one chosen for survival - to live with the ghosts of your friends, loved ones and community forever, never to have a peaceful moment, or if you were destined to be tortured and then murdered, or to be blessed with a quick death at the hands of a merciful Nazi criminal.</div>
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A diminishing number of American young adults don't know much about the Holocaust. The tides of time and memory are eroding. Even in this era of social media, the Cloud and the ability to retain unimaginable amounts of data, it seems the martyred are destined to be forgotten. </div>
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On this beautiful spring night there are many people in this world who are blissfully ignorant.<br />
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As I stroll down the newly paved street in a city that has undergone tremendous renewal, I am thinking about that fateful night of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which happened under my feet, 75 years ago. </div>
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Many people in this world get to walk around on a beautiful spring night like this oblivious to the story of the Holocaust. They are having dinner, or watching television, or skyping with friends, or having a beer. Are they the lucky ones - the Great Unburdened?</div>
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Or is it me, the child of Holocaust survivors, who is the lucky one?</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I write this on the
eve of my trip to Poland, to observe the 75th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising commemoration. I will be there under the auspice of <a href="http://www.polin.pl/en">POLIN Museum.</a> We
are expecting thousands of visitors to the Museum as well as a group of approximately
150 VIPs from a variety of American Jewish organizations, including World
Jewish Congress, HaShomer Hatzair, YIVO and others. It will be an incredible
show of solidarity plus a variety of emotions I cannot even describe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I will be bringing
my copy of The Warsaw Diary of Chaim Kaplan. <a href="http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/ghettos/chaimkaplan.html">Here is a link to a description of the man, and to his diary</a>. Kaplan’s eyewitness account of the horrors of the
Warsaw Ghetto is as vivid as ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="01TytuGwnyZnak">The <i>Daffodils</i> campaign and <i>Remembering Together</i> </span>concert</span></div>
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<span class="01TytuGwnyZnak"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">on the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">My mother had noted
that Chaim Kaplan lived next door to her family once her family was “relocated’
to the Warsaw Ghetto from Lodz. As time moves on and away from that terrible
era, somehow this commemoration seems to make the unspeakable horror seem
closer than ever – as though this just happened, and I am coming to protest the
mistreatment of Jews at the hands of their tormentors. As though this happened
to someone else, and not to hundreds of members of my own family – including
every one of my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thus, I will be
there to honor the memory of our people. If you can’t be there with me, I will
also honor the memory of your family. Of “Our” family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is important for
me to share that all is not gloom and doom. Please take a look at the attached.
You will find information about the events of next week that are being
sponsored by POLIN Museum. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a strong and growing voice of Jewish
renewal that I will also be there to support. I hope you will consider joining
me on this journey – if not now, then in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">All the best in the
meantime,</span></span></div>
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<span class="01TytuGwnyZnak"><span lang="PL" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">WARSAW: April 6 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="01TytuGwnyZnak"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
<i>Daffodils</i> campaign and <i>Remembering Together</i> concert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="01TytuGwnyZnak"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">on
the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">April 19, 2018, marks the 75th anniversary of the
outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – the biggest Jewish military revolt
during World War II, and the first urban insurgency in occupied Europe. On April
18, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews will organize two unique events:
the sixth edition of the <i>Daffodils</i> social-educational campaign; and the <i>Remembering
Together</i> concert. At 12 noon, Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of
Poland, invites participants to a special ceremony to commemorate the
anniversary in the square in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in
Warsaw, across from POLIN Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the summer of 1942, the Germans began the
so-called Great Deportation <i>Aktion</i> of the Ghetto, which was built in
1940. Nearly 300,000 Jews were deported to the extermination camp in Treblinka.
On April 19, 1943, 2,000 Germans entered the Ghetto<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> order to carry out its final liquidation. They were met with the
resistance of several hundred poorly armed insurgents. In the course of a month
that followed, they engaged in combat amongst the rubble of the systematically
destroyed Ghetto. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Daffodils </i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">campaign</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On April 19, POLIN
Museum of the History of Polish Jews will launch the sixth annual <i>Daffodils</i>
social-educational campaign. This year, a record number of over 1,500
volunteers will distribute paper daffodil badges - the symbol of remembrance of
the Uprising - in the streets of Warsaw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why daffodils? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">They are related
to the figure of Marek Edelman, the last commander of the Jewish Combat
Organization which organized the Uprising together with the Jewish Military
Union. Edelman was one of the few survivors. After the war had ended, each year
on the anniversary of the Uprising, he used to lay a bouquet of yellow flowers
at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes. POLIN Museum continues this tradition by
distributing thousands of yellow flowers and leaflets informing on the Uprising
on 19 April. By wearing the paper daffodil on our lapel we demonstrate that we
are all united in the memory of those who perished in a combat for dignity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“We cannot change
the past, but we can preserve the memory of the residents of Warsaw who fought
for freedom, dignity and life during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,” say Ania and
Janek Goliasz, campaign volunteers. “The memory is all that we have left of
these people. That is why we have to join the <i>Daffodils</i> campaign each
year on April 19.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Goliaszes say
they have met passionate and enthusiastic volunteers in the course of the campaign.
“It is a community of people of goodwill, so hard to come across these days.
Undoubtedly, we can call them our second family. The growing community of volunteers
who remember and do not let people forget is the highest asset of the <i>Daffodils</i>
campaign.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This year, famed personalities
from the POLISH entertainment industry - <span class="03LeadZnak"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Maja Komorowska, Katarzyna Nosowska, Zofia Wichłacz,
Radzimir Dębski (JIMEK) and Dawid Ogrodnik - also joined in promoting the
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="03LeadZnak"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">The </span></span><span class="03LeadZnak"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Daffodils</span></i></span><span class="03LeadZnak"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> social-educational
campaign is organized under the National Auspices of the President of the
Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda on the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s
Independence, and the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Education. As in previous
years, schools, libraries and other institutions </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">from all over Poland will join the campaign,
organizing various activities related to the commemoration of the outbreak of
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year, over 1,000 institutions are planning to
join in, but more can still do so by filling in <a href="http://www.polin.pl/pl/zonkile-szkoly-biblioteki">this form</a> no later than April 17. Teachers and representatives of the cooperating
institutions will be provided with special instructional materials.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Remembering Together</span></i></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> concert<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">At 8 PM, the Uprising anniversary ceremony
will end with a special concert organized in front of the Monument to the Ghetto
Heroes. The concert will feature </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and
will</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> include, among others, 4th part of the IX
Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. In the autumn of 1940, musicians in the
Warsaw Ghetto set up a Jewish Symphony Orchestra. Artists who had performed
with the National Philharmonics or the Polish Radio Orchestra before the war
were amongst its members. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Despite the ban on performing pieces by non-Jewish
composers, the Orchestra performed pieces by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schubert
or Mozart. In April 1942, the German administration suspended the Orchestra’s
activity, and yet the musicians continued to perform underground. In the summer
of 1942, the Orchestra, together with the 80-people strong <i>Shir</i> (Hebrew
for “song”) choir, began rehearsals to perform the IX Symphony by Ludwig van
Beethoven.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The text of <i>Ode to Joy</i> from the IV Symphony was to be sung in
Hebrew. The musicians of the Jewish Symphony Orchestra and the <i>Shir</i>
Choir did not perceive Beethoven’s music as an element of German culture. His
music constituted part of their music world before the war, and part of their
musical identity. Performance of the IX Symphony in the Ghetto was to serve
also as a form of protest against the barbarity of Nazism, the forced
imprisonment within the Ghetto walls and the symbolic exclusion of Jews from
humanity. Alas, the concert did not take place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">On July 22, 1942, the Germans began the Great
Deportation <i>Aktion</i> in the Warsaw Ghetto. In the course of the following
few weeks over 300,000 Jews, including almost all the artists of the Jewish
Symphony Orchestra and the <i>Shir</i> Choir perished in the Treblinka
extermination camp. 19 April, the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, is a perfect occasion to complete the unfinished work
of the Orchestra under the baton of Szymon Pullman and the Choir run by Izrael
Fajwiszys. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The Polish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra and the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir will be conducted by
Maestro Gabriel Chmura. In the second part of the concert, the Polish National
Radio Symphony Orchestra under the composer’s baton will perform for the first
time </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">a piece by Radzimir Dębski (JIMEK) composed
especially for 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Remembering Together</i> concert
is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the
Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland. The admission to the
concert is free, but it is vital to arrive no later than 7.45 PM due to the TV
broadcast which is about to start at 8 PM sharp. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The press and graphic materials are available <a href="http://www.polin.pl/pl/aktualnosci/2017/02/08/akcja-zonkile-2018">here</a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">For more information on the Daffodils campaign
and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising please click <a href="http://www.polin.pl/pl/zonkile">here</a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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