Stories I Tell Myself

Linda Brody Bakst on Brooklyn, growing up, identity and more

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Author | Brooklyn-born Jewish American on a search for identity & deeper meaning. Debut book “More than Matzoh Balls” out 2/15.

Month: May 2022

  • ‘Things Are Being Said…’

    Here is an excerpt from an article in my local paper the day after school board elections were held last week. [ Note: North Colonie is a suburb of Albany, New York.] “In North Colonie, some voters said they agree with the “parents rights” movement, though they declined to give their names. ‘Things are going…

  • Tip-toe Through the Tulips

    Though it has been a dark time, and I will spare you the list of terrible things happening in the world, I want to focus on something lighter (literally and figuratively). When I moved to Albany, New York 36 years ago, I was dimly aware that the area was originally settled by the Dutch (well,…

  • Parents and Public Schools

    Tensions were running high during the public comment period of a school board meeting.  A parent was addressing the Board. “I expect when I send my son to school, when I put him on the school bus in the morning, that he returns home at the end of the day in exactly the same condition…

  • A Remembrance of Aunt Diane

    Note: I wrote and posted a piece about my Aunt Diane in September of 2016, not long after I started this blog. I have updated and edited that essay in her memory. She died Monday, April 25, 2022. She was 92. She joins her sister, Clair, who passed away this past November, and her brother,…