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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 1/11/2016: a day of mixed feelings

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 1/11/2016: a day of mixed feelings
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 18:51:13 +0000
Friends indeed, Nathan.  They look very lively!

Chris

> On 3 Nov 16, at 06:53, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 1st November is several things to me: it is All Saints Day, a public holiday 
> in Spain, so a day off; it is also my birthday; but unfortunately it is also 
> the day on which my father died 12 years ago. I am almost always in 
> Copenhagen on this date, and I honour his memory in a couple of ways. Of 
> course, I visit his grave:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-N74tqFM/A 
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-N74tqFM/A>
> (memo to self: the paint needs touching up, I must arrange someone to do it)
> 
> But I also remember my father in a more joyful way, by meeting two dear 
> friends who were of tremendous help to him during his difficult years after 
> my mother’s death. They are, like us, immigrants from Poland from the early 
> 1970s, but they are a generation younger than my parents (although also 
> somewhat older than me—I was a child when I came, they were young adults). 
> They are now retired but full of energy, much of which they use as volunteers 
> on various project to benefit the aging and dwindling community of Polish 
> Jews in Denmark of the first generation. I met up with them for lunch at 
> Wagamama.
> 
> Marek:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NrcpdmL/A 
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NrcpdmL/A>
> 
> Marek & Tamara:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rFTkBng/A 
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rFTkBng/A>

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