Whoa, I learned a lot through reading your well-packed article. ~~ My god-Mum, though she has a Jewish mom and Duch dad, was born in Yokahama in 1910. Being from northern Texas, Eline taught me how to really appreciate NYC. She was my gMom for 25-wonderful years.

Thank you to whom ever went out of their way to 'Clap' for my Work above. I mean this sincerely. Mine is not the kind of 'Cosmopolitian-ISM' Pieces which easily lend to popular reading. But I will keep on developing my craft and write to understand. Whether I recieve just 10-claps, or none. Again Thx. : )

Hi S. Gupta; I respect your rapid growth on Medium. I never will get there because I am a very different kind of writer from most on this wonderful SITE. ~~ I often write my Pieces easily and quickly, but tend to edit them more substatiantially than for 'my own…