Life, Love and Insights

Welcome to the blog of Shirley Russak Wachtel, author, professor, and guest-lecturer. Among others, Dr. Wachtel has written a series of interactive mystery books for children, In the Mellow Light (a poetry collection), The Story of Blima — A Holocaust Survivor, the memoir My Mother’s Shoes, The Music Makers, and Three for a Dollar, a collection of short stories.

Three for a Dollar

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00December 20th, 2011|

Hello, Friends--I wanted to share with you the first story in my latest manuscript, Three for a Dollar, a compilation [...]

Forgetting to Remember

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00December 12th, 2011|

I don't usually tell anyone when it happens, but I'm scared. I'm scared each time I forget the name of [...]

Book Signing at MCC

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00December 9th, 2011|

The book signing on December 1, 2011, at the Blue Colt book store at Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ [...]

It’s Still Happening

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00December 6th, 2011|

Yes, it's still happening. Now, I admit that I am a novice when it comes to technology, so I just [...]

Shirley’s Post–All 60 years of me.

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00November 28th, 2011|

More than once, I have been accused of being an optimist. I suppose I am. After all, the alternative isn't [...]

Welcome to Betty’s Post!

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:40-05:00November 9th, 2011|

Hello--This is Betty's post. Betty is the name my mother, Blima, assumed when she came to America. She is the [...]

Welcome to the Blima Post!

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:41-05:00November 8th, 2011|

Hello Again!--Welcome to Blima's blog. While we are all survivors, perhaps Blima, the young woman who would one day wed [...]

Welcome To My New Blog!

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:41-05:00November 7th, 2011|

Hello Everyone!---As I send these first words into the vast conundrum known as Cyberspace, I admit to feeling a sense [...]

Shirley’s Post

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:41-05:00November 4th, 2011|

This is Shirley's Post. I am a member of the second generation, the child of Holocaust survivors.

Betty’s Post

shirleywachtel2020-01-31T20:57:41-05:00November 4th, 2011|

This is the story of my mother, Betty Russak, and her life in America.

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