Tag Archives: Oma

War Stories: The Painting

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Silver in the Barn

I grew up listening to war stories told by my father, US Army Signal Corps, and my mother, a German child of WWII. This is the third in the series. The others are here and here. And maybe even here, now that … Continue reading →

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War Stories: Rudy Gentzheimer

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Silver in the Barn

I grew up with war stories. World Wars I and II on the German side and my Dad’s service in Korea and Vietnam are all part of my family’s story. Occasionally I will share a story here.  We don’t know much about … Continue reading →

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A Proustian Pretzel

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Silver in the Barn

I’m not alone in having food trigger an involuntary memory, although it wasn’t Proust’s madeleine that did the trick for me.  My time-travel experience happened when I read a post detailing a blogging friend’s experiments making pretzel rolls. Boom, I was back in Germany … Continue reading →

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