BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | I never intended for my now-centenarian mother to become a social media sensation, drawing millions of views. Originally, I created my…
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BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | Saturday, December 17, 2022, was a surreal day. I was out doing errands in my ’hood, the West Village, and was…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | Recently I woke up to see on a family thread a prose poem written by my 98-year-old mother. She lives alone in…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | On March 16, 2020, I went undercover. Coronavirus was unleashed and New York City was struck down by it. Most businesses…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | “The hospital is running out of oxygen. They have to intubate him.” This was the third call I received. On the…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | When I was in art school, one of the assignments was to copy a master’s painting. I chose one of Van…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | I remember when Americans stood side by side proudly waving our flag. I was among them. We lined West Street, the…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | I’ve been away from my West Village home for longer than expected. With my 97-year-old mother suddenly ending up in the…
BY GAYLE KIRSCHENBAUM | In April I canceled my flight scheduled to visit Mom in Florida in May for Mother’s Day. COVID was taking the…