Monthly Archives: June 2021

Mid-Week Field Notes | June 30, 2021

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some quick things: I Had dinner with my fabulous editor and we’ve come up with a new idea for my next project. It will take a bit of research, but it’s about a topic I’ve actually been interested in for … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 26

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Here we are at the halfway mark for 2021. I’ve certainly produced a lot of content and synthesized thirty years of genealogical research in ways I wouldn’t think possible. Not everything I’ve drafted will warrant a full-length essay. And that’s … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes | June 23, 2021

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some quick things: Another editorial request for revisions came in last week for my Ethel Rosenberg bio in verse. I worked on them over the weekend and submitted. Now to work on photos and photo permissions. I finally finished typing … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 25

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

I’ve been focused on fiction this last week and trying to discern whether one of my “stories,” which weighs in currently at 13,000 words, is a short story, a novella, or a wannabe novel. At the same time, my Ethel … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes | June 16, 2021

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some quick things: I finally found the burials of my mother’s mother’s parents! They are buried at United Hebrew Cemetery on Staten Island in the United Hebrew Community section. I now have the exact block, row, and grave numbers. I’ll … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 24

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Even if these essays about my immigrant forebears don’t receive publication, I know I’ve been able to somewhat piece together the fragments of their lives into a sort of biography. During a bout of insomnia the other night, I thought … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes | June 9, 2021

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some quick things: I completed revisions on my Ethel Rosenberg bio in verse. I hope my editor agrees that I completed them! I gave a presentation on Yizkor books (Holocaust memorial books) to my graduate “Reading Yiddish for Holocaust Research” … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 23

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Inspired by Toni Morrison’s “Sites of Memory” chapter in William Zinsser’s edited volume, Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, I began to think about my trip to my grandfather’s shtetl in 2008, recalling my thoughts about the … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes | June 2, 2021

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Some quick things: Still sloughing away at revisions on my Ethel Rosenberg bio in verse. This week I’m back at translating from Yiddish a 1947 journal article about the destruction of eastern Galician Jewry. I should have it completed by … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots–Week 22

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Barbara Krasner

Years ago when I first embarked on my family history journey, I spent a lot of time at the local Mormon stake, ordering and reviewing scores of microfilms. One of the volunteers there said with absolute conviction, “Our ancestors want … Continue reading →

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