by Wanda Fischer | Mar 28, 2024 | Baseball, Day in the Life, Friends, Memoirs, Uncategorized
It’s a gray, overcast day here. I started out the morning by playing doubles tennis for an hour and a half, then heading out to see my old friend, the dermatologist (I swear, I’ve been putting her daughter through medical school with my white Irish skin)....
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 27, 2024 | Day in the Life, Memoirs, Uncategorized
My cousin Helen (birthday: March 25, 1947), sister Patty (birthday: March 27, 1954) and me My cousin Helen’s 77th birthday was March 25, 2024 Today would have been my sister Patty’s seventieth birthday, had she not passed away in February 2006. She was a...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 26, 2024 | Day in the Life, Education, Life Experiences, Remembrance, Uncategorized
30-day blogging challenge On Tuesdays I go to an elementary school in my area, via a program called Reading is Fun. I work one-on-one with two students–one in the second grade, one in the third–whose reading skills are lower than their grade level....
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 25, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Totally My Opinion, Uncategorized
Last week, I told everyone that I was supposed to be singing tonight at an induction ceremony for the Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame recipients, class of 2024, sponsored by Proctors Theatre in Schenectady. Two of my friends, Margie Rosenkranz and the late Jackie...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 24, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Uncategorized
We lost power to our home–and many others in the neighborhood–yesterday at about 4:30 pm. I was driving home from the radio station at about midnight. The roads on the fifteen-mile drive weren’t in good shape. The temperature was at about the...