Tribute to My Father
I wanted to pay tribute here to my father, Charles Joseph Wind, born in 1935 in a small…
The surfboard of my son
This surfboard belonged to my beautiful son, who passed away 5 weeks before his 18th…
The Bead Basket
When I moved to Venice, I was one of the many foreigners. With little knowledge of…
Magnifying Glass
This magnifying glass belonged to my grandmother. She was a gentlewoman of bygone times,…
Caffe
In the midst of the tumultuous era of World War II, here is a story of resilience,…
Bohemian crystal
My family had been living in the territories of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries,…
My mom's ring
This ring belonged to my mother and to her mother before that. After she died, it seemed…