by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 29, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Recently, my cousin, Jon, sent a photograph around to family members of our grandfather, Albert Werthan perched—sitting’s too casual a word, really—at a picnic table, impeccably dressed in a blue suit despite his surroundings, pipe in mouth, and...
by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 29, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Okay I like Thanksgiving and I am a native of America. For me the holiday conjures warm memories of my late loved ones supping around the hearth in North Hatfield. A young adult during the Great Depression, my memere (grandmother) would bring over some gin in a...