November 22, 1963

November 22, 1963

When Grandma Rose married Moe and moved to Avenue H near the brewery, we moved to Osbourne Street.  Our landlady, Sadie Pincus didn’t heat the house until late into the evening when her husband came home from work.  Three years after the big chill, we landed on East 22nd Street, where Mom took her first steps out of her housewife circle to join The Eastern Stars, The March of Dimes and mah jong tournament teams.  After another three years, we left Brooklyn behind us and followed Aunt Evie out to Flushing, Queens.  In the six years without the tether of 504 Thatford Avenue, we had become nomads.

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