by music hall | Apr 18, 2020 | Words by Roy Hall
Key West by Roy Hall “Go immediately to the emergency room. I can’t help you here,” said the doctor in Urgent Care. It was my first day of vacation in Key West (about a week before going to Florida Audio Expo) and I felt ill. If you believe in omens (I don’t), then...
by music hall | Apr 18, 2020 | Words by Roy Hall
Cop Tales by Roy Hall First Phone Call: “Let me speak to Mary.” “I’m sorry, wrong number.” I replied. The phone rings again. An agitated voice speaks.“Let me speak to Mary. I know she is there.” “There is no Mary here. You must have the wrong number,” I say. A third...
by music hall | Apr 18, 2020 | Words by Roy Hall
Zaida by Roy Hall Zaida The headline in the local Jewish newspaper read, “Orthodox Man Accuses Delicatessen Owner of Cutting Meat With a Knife Used for Cheese.” This heresy of mixing meat with milk was exposed by my zaida (grandfather), Harry Cohen, a fanatically...
by music hall | Apr 10, 2020 | Words by Roy Hall
Erna by Roy Hall Erna As some readers may have noticed, the tales I write are stories of my life. Some of them, including the one below, are about my family history. My father, born of German/Polish roots, fled the Holocaust. On my mother’s side I had a Ukrainian...
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