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Evelyn of St. James - Show & Tell 11/5/2013

Evelyn of St. James brought a picture of herself at about five years old. Also pictured are her mom and dad. (Her dad was 17 years older than her mom.) This photograph hangs on the wall in Evelyn’s bedroom. She laughingly reminisced about both her grandmothers: “Uma” (her maternal grandmother) and “Other Uma” (her paternal grandmother). She recalls visiting Uma’s house every Saturday morning. Uma would make pot roast and they would eat the fat with fried onions on challah bread. She can still remember the wonderful taste.

At Thanksgiving her Uma would make goose and schmear the grease on challah bread. Evelyn grew up on 161st Street and Riverside Drive (at that time known at Washington Heights). She remembers the day she met "Dr. Ruth" on the High Holiday at temple. She also recalls having to learn German in order to speak with Other Uma, who didn’t speak English. Evelyn would take the #3 train to 193rd Street to visit Other Uma. She has a vivid memory of Other Uma’s hair, which appeared all white when worn bundled up in a braid. But when Other Uma took out her braided bun, her hair reached all the way down to the floor and was all different colors, as it has changed colors through the decades. Evelyn used to wonder how Other Uma was able to hold her head up with the weight of all that hair. (Evelyn’s mother is now 98 years old and is living in a nursing home. Evelyn visits her dear mother often.)

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