THE BERLIN FLOWER SHOP

By Mike Ross | February 26, 2024 |

THE BERLIN FLOWER SHOP Berlin, Friedrich Street Train Station “When the bombs began to fall, that was the worst.  We’d hear a whistling, then an explosion and the floors shook, like an earthquake.  Windows shattered and the walls rattled,” her hands mimicked the motion.  The Great Depression was terrible but the bombs were the worst!” …

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THE ISTANBUL MASSAGE.

By Mike Ross | January 20, 2023 |

Most bromides are bullshit. They’re the phrases found on greeting cards or what people say in uncomfortable situations. ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Really? Is that what the poor schmuck who lost everything in the Depression thought as he leaped off a tall building on Wall Street? Or, ‘What you don’t know can’t…

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