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THERE WILL BE WAR WITH IRAN SOON. I HAVE SURVIVED BUT I KEEP THINKING I WON'T. FOR ALL I CAN SEE ISRAEL IS HEADED TOWARDS TOTAL ANNIHILATION. THE PEOPLE ARE BEATEN DOWN AND REFUSE TO RISE UP AND CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT. THE LEADERSHIP IS SPINELESS AND DOESN'T CARE WHO IS SACRIFICED IN THEIR QUEST TO MAINTAIN POWER - BE IT JEW, MOSLEM, CHRISTIAN, DRUZE AND OTHER NUMEROUS MINORITIES.
MY BROTHER WHO WAS 73 AND A HALF DIED THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2026 IN JERUSALEM ISRAEL. HE WAS 3 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME. HIS 3RD WIFE TOLD ME HE DIED IN THE AFTERNOON AND I WAS IN SUCH SHOCK I FORGOT TO ASK WHERE THE FUNERAL WAS. SHE DIDN'T MENTION IT AND BY THE TIME I REALIZED HE HAD BEEN BURIED IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO SO I MISSED IT.
FUNERALS FOR JEWS ARE HELD THE SAME DAY EXCEPT ON THE SABBATH -SATURDAY.
HE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME AND LIVED IN JERUSALEM. I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS. I DID TALK TO HIM BRIEFLY ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO - HIS 3RD WIFE WOULDN'T LET HIM TALK LONG. IT'S AN UGLY STORY. I HAD TALKED TO HER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND SHE SAID GARY WAS TOO WEAK TO TALK. I ASKED IS HE DYING? SHE SAID EVERYBODY'S DYING. EVERY QUESTION ABOUT HIS HEALTH STATUS WAS MET WITH DELIBERATE LIES AND STONEWALLING. WHY WOULD A WOMAN 5 YEARS OLDER THAN MY SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED BROTHER FROM HIS YOUTH AGREE TO MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAD NEVER HAD CHILDREN, WAS PHYSICALLY UGLY AND TALLER AND HEAVIER THAN HIM. HE HAD BEEN AN EXCELLENT ATHLETE AND QUITE STRONG AS A YOUNG ADULT BUT LOST HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES OVER THE DECADES.
SHE KILLED MY BROTHER AND I COULDN'T STOP IT. I DON'T THINK SHE SHOT HIM OR AXED HIM ALTHOUGH SHE COULD HAVE. ALL THAT I CAN ASCERTAIN FROM HIS SON, MY NEPHEW, IS THAT SHE DIDN'T TAKE HIM TO DOCTORS VERY OFTEN. IF I LIST THE DISEASES HE HAD I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD BELIEVE ME.
EPILEPSY AT 17- OUR FATHER SENT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND HE SAID HE FELT LIKE HE HAD DIED. HE HATED LIVING WITH OUR PARENTS SO BADLY IN THE FALL OF 1968 WHEN HE WAS IN TENTH GRADE THAT HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO LEAVE HOME. I SAID GO TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THE HIPPIES HAD BEEN (I KNEW IT WAS DREADFUL OVER A YEAR BEFORE -FLOODED WITH KIDS HIS AGE AND YOUNGER WHO WANTED EVERYTHING FOR FREE AND REFUSED TO WORK AT ALL
HERE IS A MOVIE CALLED 'REBELLION 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mWukk4BHoo CHECK OUT 10;37 OF THE MOVIE TO FIND A RELEVENT QUOTE THAT PARTIALLY DESCRIBES THE REALITY ABOUT THE SO CALLED SUMMER OF LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 1967 WHICH WAS A DISASTER.
THE MOVIE IS NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER UNFORTUNATELY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHY OR MORE ASK AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IF I SURVIVE THE COMING WAR WITH IRAN THAT WILL OCCUR TOMORROW OR WITHIN A FEW DAYS.
THIS RAMBLING LETTER WAS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW DAYS. THERE WILL BE WAR WITH IRAN SOON. I HAVE SURVIVED BUT I KEEP THINKING I WON'T. FOR ALL I CAN SEE ISRAEL IS HEADED TOWARDS TOTAL ANNIHILATION. THE PEOPLE ARE BEATEN DOWN AND REFUSE TO RISE UP AND CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT. THE LEADERSHIP IS SPINELESS AND DOESN'T CARE WHO IS SACRIFICED IN THEIR QUEST TO MAINTAIN POWER - BE IT JEW, MOSLEM, CHRISTIAN, DRUZE AND OTHER NUMEROUS MINORITIES.
MY BROTHER WHO WAS 73 AND A HALF DIED THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2026 IN JERUSALEM ISRAEL. HE WAS 3 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME. HIS 3RD WIFE TOLD ME HE DIED IN THE AFTERNOON AND I WAS IN SUCH SHOCK I FORGOT TO ASK WHERE THE FUNERAL WAS. SHE DIDN'T MENTION IT AND BY THE TIME I REALIZED HE HAD BEEN BURIED IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO SO I MISSED IT.
FUNERALS FOR JEWS ARE HELD THE SAME DAY EXCEPT ON THE SABBATH -SATURDAY.
HE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME AND LIVED IN JERUSALEM. I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS. I DID TALK TO HIM BRIEFLY ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO - HIS 3RD WIFE WOULDN'T LET HIM TALK LONG. IT'S AN UGLY STORY. I HAD TALKED TO HER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND SHE SAID GARY WAS TOO WEAK TO TALK. I ASKED IS HE DYING? SHE SAID EVERYBODY'S DYING. EVERY QUESTION ABOUT HIS HEALTH STATUS WAS MET WITH DELIBERATE LIES AND STONEWALLING. WHY WOULD A WOMAN 5 YEARS OLDER THAN MY SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED BROTHER FROM HIS YOUTH AGREE TO MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAD NEVER HAD CHILDREN, WAS PHYSICALLY UGLY AND TALLER AND HEAVIER THAN HIM. HE HAD BEEN AN EXCELLENT ATHLETE AND QUITE STRONG AS A YOUNG ADULT BUT LOST HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES OVER THE DECADES.
SHE KILLED MY BROTHER AND I COULDN'T STOP IT. I DON'T THINK SHE SHOT HIM OR AXED HIM ALTHOUGH SHE COULD HAVE. ALL THAT I CAN ASCERTAIN FROM HIS SON, MY NEPHEW, IS THAT SHE DIDN'T TAKE HIM TO DOCTORS VERY OFTEN. IF I LIST THE DISEASES HE HAD I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD BELIEVE ME.
EPILEPSY AT 17- OUR FATHER SENT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND HE SAID HE FELT LIKE HE HAD DIED. HE HATED LIVING WITH OUR PARENTS SO BADLY IN THE FALL OF 1968 WHEN HE WAS IN TENTH GRADE THAT HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO LEAVE HOME. I SAID GO TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THE HIPPIES HAD BEEN (I KNEW IT WAS DREADFUL OVER A YEAR BEFORE -FLOODED WITH KIDS HIS AGE AND YOUNGER WHO WANTED EVERYTHING FOR FREE AND REFUSED TO WORK AT ALL
HERE IS A MOVIE CALLED 'REVOLUTION' ABOUT THE SO CALLED SUMMER OF LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 1967 WHICH WAS A DISASTER. I
BY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE USA DONALD TRUMP. HATE HIM OR LOVE HIM OR IGNORE HIM. AT THIS POINT I THINK HE HAS DONE SO LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE US ECONOMY THAT HE SHOULD STEP, OR BE REMOVED. ACCORDING TO ANY RESPONSIBLE REPORTING, THE COUNTRY IS HEADED TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY BY 2035 IF NOT SOONER. SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS WILL END IN 2032. TRUMP WAS A REAL BUSINESSMAN, NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE. ONE OF MY CLOSEST RELATIVES, NOW DEAD, WAS IN TRUMP'S OFFICE TO RAISE MONEY FOR A BUSINESS DEAL IN 1985. HE FLEW FROM THE MIDWEST FOR THE TRIP TO TALK TO TRUMP PROBABLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. I WAS TOLD THE STORY A FEW DAYS AFTER IT HAPPENED. I HAD NO IDEA WHO TRUMP WAS, BUT HE DIDN'T FLY THERE IF HE DIDN'T THINK HE DIDN'T HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF RAISING SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR A REAL ESTATE SYNDICATION. LOOK IT UP IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. TRUMP WAS NOT INTERESTED MY RELATIVE WAS NOT GOING TO WASTE TIME ON A FRUITLESS QUEST TO NOWHERE. TRUMP WAS NOT A CELEBRITY 40 YEARS AGO AT LEAST NOT NATIONALLY. TRUMP WAS NOT INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THE PROJECT & HE FLEW HOME SHORTLY AFTER EMPTY HANDED.
WE WERE CLOSE AS KIDS AND AS ADULTS BUT EVERY TIME HE WAS MARRIED WE GREW DISTANT. HE GOT VICIOUS. MAYBE IT WAS MY FAULT BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I AM A PRISONER OF MY OWN PERSPECTIVE SO I CAN'T TELL.
I WROTE A LOT ABOUT HIM AND IT GOT DELETED. I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO REWRITE. WHAT CAN I SAY. A LONG TIME AGO WE WERE KIDS IN THE 1950s. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SWEET GOOD NATURED CHILD. MY PARENTS' VICIOUS SADISTIC CRITICISM DESTROYED HIS CONFIDENCE. HE HAD EPILEPSY WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 17.
. HE WORE A PORTABLE EEG MACHINE A NEUROLOGIST GAVE HIM IN ABOUT 1976 FOR A DAY. HE WENT TO MY PARENTS FOR A HALF HOUR (MY BROTHER AND I WERE ROOMMATES) THE NEUROLOGIST TOLD HIM HE HAD HUNDREDS OF MINI SEIZURES WHILE AT MY PARENTS'
THE STRATEGY HE USED TO SURVIVE MY PARENTS WAS NOT TO HEAR ALL THAT CRITICISM BUT HE HEARD IT AT LEAST SUBCONSCIOUSLY AS DID I
THAT STRATEGY GOT HIM THROUGH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA BUT IT DIDN'T WORK WHEN HE WAS AN ADULT. HE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF ON ANY LEVEL - PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY. I TRIED TO HELP HIM BUT TO BE HONEST I MAY HAVE DONE MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD. I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP MY PARENTS FROM TEARING HIM APART. MY FATHER MAY AS WELL HAVE BEEN A GIANT. IF I HAD SCREAMED AT MY DAD I WAS AFRAID HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
MAYBE THERE IS A CONSCIOUSNESS THAT LIVES ON AFTER THE BODY DIES. I DON'T KNOW. ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE HE CAN FORGIVE ME FOR WHATEVER DAMAGE I DID
I DO CRY BECAUSE HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WORK HIS WAY OUT OF HIS PAIN. HIS WIVES TOOK AWAY WHATEVER MONEY HE HAD EARNED WORKING WITH MY DAD AND HIS SIZEABLE INHERITANCE. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO WHEN HE WAS MARRIED TO HELP HIM.
WE WERE CLOSE WHEN HE WASN'T MARRIED BUT NOT LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS. HE WAS A REALLY GOOD ATHLETE AND COULD HAVE MADE HIS DIVISION 1 COLLEGE TENNIS TEAM BUT THE COACH INSULTED HIM. MY BROTHER HAD A BAD DAY. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY EVEN THE BEST. HE WAS NEVER BE A PROFESSIONAL ON ANY COMPETITIVE TOUR BUT HE COULD TEACH WELL. IF HE HAD GONE BACK TO THE NEXT DAY OF TRYOUTS HE WOULD HAVE MADE THE TEAM NOT THAT IT MATTERS IN THE LONG RUN BUT IT WOULD HAVE HELPED HIS SELF IMAGE
ALL I CAN SAY GARY IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR THE WAYS I HURT YOU. HE HELPED ME ENORMOUSLY ONCE BY SAYING WRITE DOWN THE QUALITIES YOU WANT IN A WIFE. i DID. MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND WAS THE BEST AT THE TIME. THE ONE I HAD BEEN DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND WANTED TO MARRY AND LIVED WITH BRIEFLY WAS THE MOST IMMATURE AND DISTURBED. i THOUGHT I SHOULD I HAVE HAD JANIE MY LIVE IN COLLEGE GIRLFRIEND THE LAST OF MY ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE I WAS TOO YOUNG TO APPRECIATE HER.
I AM AT THE END OF A 39 PLUS YEAR MARRIAGE. M ACTS LIKE SHE LOVES ME AT TIMES BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES SHE HAS HURT ME TERRIBLY. I HAVE HELPED HER A L OT. i CAN'T BELIEVE IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO MONEY - SHE THINKS I DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH. I THINK I DID.
THANK GOD FOR YIORGOS IN GREECE. HE COULD BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN I MET HIM IN 1967 IN A DORM AT COLUMBIA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I KNEW NO GREEK. I TALKED TO HIM LAST NIGHT. WE REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND THOUGHT ABOUT RETURNING TO BOROVITZ AN ALPINE RESORT IN BULGARIA WHERE I TOOK MY SON 18 YEARS AGO AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THERE WAS SLUSH ON THE BUNNY SLOPES. HE MADE UNBELIEVABLE PROGRESS. THE TOWN WAS SO POOR I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. ALMOST ALL THE SKI SHOPS HAD CLOSED. WE WALKED AROUND 10 MINUTES UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE THAT WAS OPEN. MY SON AND I HAD BEEN HAVING VIRUSES FOR A LOT OF THE WINTER AND I WASN'T SURE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO SO I GOT A CHEAP CHARTER FLIGHT INSTEAD OF A FULL PACKAGE WITH EQUIPMENT, LESSONS AND LIFT TICKETS. HE WAS HEALTHY WHEN WE FLEW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SOFIA THE CAPITAL. I TOOK PART OF A SNOWBOARD LESSON AFTER A FEW DAYS AND DIDN'T LAST LONG BECAUSE I WAS STILL SICK. MY SON FINISHED THE LESSON. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE LONG HIKES INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
WHEN I LOOKED ON LINE A FEW DAYS I WAS IN SHOCK TO SEE HOW BUILT UP BOROVITZ WAS. I READ ABOUT THE BULGARIAN ECONOMY AND THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS IT HAD ATTAINED. THE COMMUNISTS HAVE HELPED RUIN EVERY COUNTRY'S ECONOMY THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IDEA THAT WE ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. BUT IT HASN'T WORKED ON A MASS SCALED. I DON'T THINK IT EVER WILL.
I AM THINKING OF GOING THERE AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND MAYBE SNOWBOARDING. I LEARNED TO DOWNHILL SKI A LONG TIME AGO BUT THAT DOESN'T INTEREST ME. I STILL USE THE CARVEBOARD DESIGNED BY BRAD GEHRLACH
BY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE USA DONALD TRUMP. HATE HIM OR LOVE HIM OR IGNORE HIM. AT THIS POINT I THINK HE HAS DONE SO LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE US ECONOMY THAT HE SHOULD STEP, OR BE REMOVED. ACCORDING TO ANY RESPONSIBLE REPORTING, THE COUNTRY IS HEADED TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY BY 2035 IF NOT SOONER. SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS WILL END IN 2032. TRUMP WAS A REAL BUSINESSMAN, NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE. ONE OF MY CLOSEST RELATIVES, NOW DEAD, WAS IN TRUMP'S OFFICE TO RAISE MONEY FOR A BUSINESS DEAL IN 1985. HE FLEW FROM THE MIDWEST FOR THE TRIP TO TALK TO TRUMP PROBABLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. I WAS TOLD THE STORY A FEW DAYS AFTER IT HAPPENED. I HAD NO IDEA WHO TRUMP WAS, BUT HE DIDN'T FLY THERE IF HE DIDN'T THINK HE DIDN'T HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF RAISING SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR A REAL ESTATE SYNDICATION. LOOK IT UP IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. TRUMP WAS NOT INTERESTED MY RELATIVE WAS NOT GOING TO WASTE TIME ON A FRUITLESS QUEST TO NOWHERE. TRUMP WAS NOT A CELEBRITY 40 YEARS AGO AT LEAST NOT NATIONALLY. TRUMP WAS NOT INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THE PROJECT & HE FLEW HOME SHORTLY AFTER EMPTY HANDED.
WE WERE CLOSE AS KIDS AND AS ADULTS BUT EVERY TIME HE WAS MARRIED WE GREW DISTANT. HE GOT VICIOUS. MAYBE IT WAS MY FAULT BUT I DON'T THINK SO. I AM A PRISONER OF MY OWN PERSPECTIVE SO I CAN'T TELL.
I WROTE A LOT ABOUT HIM AND IT GOT DELETED. I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO REWRITE. WHAT CAN I SAY. A LONG TIME AGO WE WERE KIDS IN THE 1950s. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SWEET GOOD NATURED CHILD. MY PARENTS' VICIOUS SADISTIC CRITICISM DESTROYED HIS CONFIDENCE. HE HAD EPILEPSY WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 17.
. HE WORE A PORTABLE EEG MACHINE A NEUROLOGIST GAVE HIM IN ABOUT 1976 FOR A DAY. HE WENT TO MY PARENTS FOR A HALF HOUR (MY BROTHER AND I WERE ROOMMATES) THE NEUROLOGIST TOLD HIM HE HAD HUNDREDS OF MINI SEIZURES WHILE AT MY PARENTS'
THE STRATEGY HE USED TO SURVIVE MY PARENTS WAS NOT TO HEAR ALL THAT CRITICISM BUT HE HEARD IT AT LEAST SUBCONSCIOUSLY AS DID I
THAT STRATEGY GOT HIM THROUGH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA BUT IT DIDN'T WORK WHEN HE WAS AN ADULT. HE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF ON ANY LEVEL - PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY. I TRIED TO HELP HIM BUT TO BE HONEST I MAY HAVE DONE MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD. I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP MY PARENTS FROM TEARING HIM APART. MY FATHER MAY AS WELL HAVE BEEN A GIANT. IF I HAD SCREAMED AT MY DAD I WAS AFRAID HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
MAYBE THERE IS A CONSCIOUSNESS THAT LIVES ON AFTER THE BODY DIES. I DON'T KNOW. ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE HE CAN FORGIVE ME FOR WHATEVER DAMAGE I DID
I DO CRY BECAUSE HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WORK HIS WAY OUT OF HIS PAIN. HIS WIVES TOOK AWAY WHATEVER MONEY HE HAD EARNED WORKING WITH MY DAD AND HIS SIZEABLE INHERITANCE. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO WHEN HE WAS MARRIED TO HELP HIM.
WE WERE CLOSE WHEN HE WASN'T MARRIED BUT NOT LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS. HE WAS A REALLY GOOD ATHLETE AND COULD HAVE MADE HIS DIVISION 1 COLLEGE TENNIS TEAM BUT THE COACH INSULTED HIM. MY BROTHER HAD A BAD DAY. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY EVEN THE BEST. HE WAS NEVER BE A PROFESSIONAL ON ANY COMPETITIVE TOUR BUT HE COULD TEACH WELL. IF HE HAD GONE BACK TO THE NEXT DAY OF TRYOUTS HE WOULD HAVE MADE THE TEAM NOT THAT IT MATTERS IN THE LONG RUN BUT IT WOULD HAVE HELPED HIS SELF IMAGE
ALL I CAN SAY GARY IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR THE WAYS I HURT YOU. HE HELPED ME ENORMOUSLY ONCE BY SAYING WRITE DOWN THE QUALITIES YOU WANT IN A WIFE. i DID. MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND WAS THE BEST AT THE TIME. THE ONE I HAD BEEN DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND WANTED TO MARRY AND LIVED WITH BRIEFLY WAS THE MOST IMMATURE AND DISTURBED. i THOUGHT I SHOULD I HAVE HAD JANIE MY LIVE IN COLLEGE GIRLFRIEND THE LAST OF MY ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE I WAS TOO YOUNG TO APPRECIATE HER.
I AM AT THE END OF A 39 PLUS YEAR MARRIAGE. M ACTS LIKE SHE LOVES ME AT TIMES BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES SHE HAS HURT ME TERRIBLY. I HAVE HELPED HER A L OT. i CAN'T BELIEVE IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO MONEY - SHE THINKS I DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH. I THINK I DID.
THANK GOD FOR YIORGOS IN GREECE. HE COULD BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN I MET HIM IN 1967 IN A DORM AT COLUMBIA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I KNEW NO GREEK. I TALKED TO HIM LAST NIGHT. WE REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THIS COUNTRY FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND THOUGHT ABOUT RETURNING TO BOROVITZ AN ALPINE RESORT IN BULGARIA WHERE I TOOK MY SON 18 YEARS AGO AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THERE WAS SLUSH ON THE BUNNY SLOPES. HE MADE UNBELIEVABLE PROGRESS. THE TOWN WAS SO POOR I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. ALMOST ALL THE SKI SHOPS HAD CLOSED. WE WALKED AROUND 10 MINUTES UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE THAT WAS OPEN. MY SON AND I HAD BEEN HAVING VIRUSES FOR A LOT OF THE WINTER AND I WASN'T SURE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO SO I GOT A CHEAP CHARTER FLIGHT INSTEAD OF A FULL PACKAGE WITH EQUIPMENT, LESSONS AND LIFT TICKETS. HE WAS HEALTHY WHEN WE FLEW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SOFIA THE CAPITAL. I TOOK PART OF A SNOWBOARD LESSON AFTER A FEW DAYS AND DIDN'T LAST LONG BECAUSE I WAS STILL SICK. MY SON FINISHED THE LESSON. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE LONG HIKES INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
WHEN I LOOKED ON LINE A FEW DAYS I WAS IN SHOCK TO SEE HOW BUILT UP BOROVITZ WAS. I READ ABOUT THE BULGARIAN ECONOMY AND THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS IT HAD ATTAINED. THE COMMUNISTS HAVE HELPED RUIN EVERY COUNTRY'S ECONOMY THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IDEA THAT WE ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. BUT IT HASN'T WORKED ON A MASS SCALED. I DON'T THINK IT EVER WILL.
I AM THINKING OF GOING THERE AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND MAYBE SNOWBOARDING. I LEARNED TO DOWNHILL SKI A LONG TIME AGO BUT THAT DOESN'T INTEREST ME. I STILL USE THE CARVEBOARD DESIGNED BY BRAD GEHRLACH
IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING OR KNOWS ANYONE WHO CAN GIVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT BOROVITZ IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I WOULD MOVE TO CALIFORNIA BUT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. IF I SURVIVE I WANT TO MOVE TO FLORIDA HOPEFULLY THE EAST COAST TO WORK AND SURF.
ALL THE BEST
YOU NEVER K NOW WHAT LIFE WILL THROW AT YOU
LOVE THE PEOPLE YOU FEEL ARE WORTH LOVING.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE GONE FOREVER AT LEAST IN THIS WORLD.
lenny
MY PARENTS & ONLY SIBLING ARE DEAD I AM ALIVE
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