Earlier this week, thousands of High School Men and Women joined Holocaust Survivors for the March of the Living, an annual pilgrimage to Auschwitz-Birkenau -- the notorious concentration camps in Poland.My Mother was one of the Holocaust Survivors who went on the March of the Living. It was in April of 1998 and I want to share an entry from a diary I found after her death. She was in Birkenau where she had been imprisoned in 1944.

In my last blog I wrote about the frustrations of having to turn in your car off alease and look for a new lease.  I was pleasantly surpised with my experience this time around. Becuase my employer is designated as a "Supplier" to General Motors I was able to receive a "Supplier discount" off the list price. In addition I was able to get a discount as a COSTCO member. Becuase of the "Supplier" status this is a no haggle, no negoitiated deal. Its a fixed price, and it was better than anything else I had heard as I was speaking to dealers in the process.

Over the last year, my son took up line dancing.  Yes, line dancing. In classic Eric fashion, not just as a quick passing hobby but with full intention and focus.Turns out, line dancing is not just an activity; it is a community.  Apparently, you can find line dancing in any city, and with that, you will join a new group of friends. We have wanted to see how this works for months.

In reading an article about AI, I came upon an interesting story concerning Orson Welles’s film The Magnificent Ambersons. The Magnificent Andersons is a dramatic film, released in 1942, that was director Orson Welles’s much-anticipated follow-up to  Citizen Kane (1941). The film, apparently, is as infamous among film buffs for its production problems as it is famous for its artistic merit. 

Another commentary was in mind but then my daughter, Marisa, texted an update from Friday when she shared the Daily News would publish her latest op-ed.  Late last night she reported today’s Sunday, (New York) Daily News would publish her Opinion Piece, “Houses of worship need buffer zones.”  The

After looping around the Moon, the crew of Artemis II made their return the only way space allows, by turning into a brief, very expensive shooting star.Reentry hits at about 25,000 mph, wrapped in a fiery glow, and then comes the real challenge... gravity. After days of floating, walking suddenly feels like a bad idea. Legs forget their job. Balance disappears. It’s less “heroic return” and more “baby deer, but in a spacesuit.”

I have been regularly registering my Friday With Fred blog for over 20 years and, to be candid, it is part of the fabric of my life. One minute I'm thinking "What next?" and then, suddenly, a notion strikes me and I realize "That's a blog!" and I'm off and running. For the most part, my pieces are short and light. For sure, some are better than others, but I aim to please. They are a part of me and the fuel that powers them is feedback, your comments!

Thank you Dan for yesterday's blog but up here in the North, we're still waiting....Apologies to those who don’t live in the Northeast for whom this blog may be less relevant.It is becoming increasingly clear that we must dress for the weather and not be fooled by the season. The tease of Springtime temperatures followed by days of near-freezing cold is not, to my mind, the impetus to change the closets and put away winter clothes.I wonder whether, and, if so, when, “normal” weather will return.