Random Tamara Stories

True Story: I used to get Kermit-The-Frog’s fan mail… [#RandomTamaraStory No. 678!]

True Story: I used to get Kermit-The-Frog’s fan mail… [#RandomTamaraStory No. 678!]

July 17, 2022 – Sunday Every now and then I like to share #RandomTamaraStories here on the website. This is mostly for my kids’ amusement, and for documenting my personal history for my family — but since I have this public space to share things, and since some of my readers find these vignettes interesting…

After I broke my (foot off of my) leg my Physical Therapist asked me what my goal was. I responded “To ride my bike across the United States.” I wasn’t kidding.

After I broke my (foot off of my) leg my Physical Therapist asked me what my goal was. I responded “To ride my bike across the United States.” I wasn’t kidding.

After I broke my leg I told my Physical Therapist that my goal is to ride my bike across the country. He said… let’s just start with riding your bike a mile. This is the story of why I won’t settle for that (and why the cross country ride is still my goal!) Saturday –…

Tamara’s weirdest family-history-linked-story: Sonia Glickfeld, beauty queen of Bialystok.

Tamara’s weirdest family-history-linked-story: Sonia Glickfeld, beauty queen of Bialystok.

Tamara’s weirdest family-history-linked-story (prompted by a friend’s Facebook post last night): Every now and then I share a “Random Tamara Story” mostly for my children, but also to have these stories written down somewhere (anywhere!) for posterity! Last night a friend posted on Facebook – asking for friends to share any interesting family-history-linked / genealogy…

Random Tamara Stories #2: The time I worked as a backstage masseuse for the Grateful Dead…

Random Tamara Stories #2: The time I worked as a backstage masseuse for the Grateful Dead…

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Published: April 25, 2020 – Saturday File this under “Random Tamara Stories”… written more for my kids than for anyone else! 😉 The photo above is from December of 1990 or thereabouts, when I got the gig of doing backstage massage for the Grateful Dead. How did this come about, you ask? Well… continue reading…

Random Tamara Stories #1: The time I met Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) & fed his chihuahua sushi in his Lexus.

Random Tamara Stories #1: The time I met Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) & fed his chihuahua sushi in his Lexus.

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So… where to start….? I was 24 years old. The year was 1994; I think it must have been October or November. …I had gotten married (to my first husband, who I had been living with for four years) on May 8, 1994. I lost the baby – we had a miscarriage of our daughter…