Vickie and Ken Monize with their staff Ken and Vickie Monize are the owners of the 93-year-old Ole’s Waffleshop in Alameda, California. It was Vickie’s parents, Bob and Christie Adams, who purchased Ole’s Waffle Shop in 1972 from the founder. Vickie has been working here since she was 17. After working seven days a week…
Month: November 2020
078. E S Reddy: Crusader against apartheid in South Africa
E S Reddy Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy died in Massachusetts, US, on November 1, 2020. He was not well-known in India, but the New York Times carried his obituary on November 5, 2020. What did he do to attract that much of interest? Reddy was born in 1924 in the village of Pallapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India….
077. Brandon Woolf: Writing letters for people feeling blue
Brandon Woolf talking to Cole Whipps Brandon Woolf sits on a foldable chair, in front of a foldable table, next to a Brooklyn mailbox in New York. For any passerby, he is ready to write a letter on a vintage portable Royal typewriter. A chalkboard sign in front of him says: “Free Letters for Friends…