Reflection: Fran Weissenberg

I wondered why the emphasis on taking other people's best lines. Wasn't that polishing our skill in plagiarizing? But soon the emphasis of good writing asserted itself as we incorporated each others' best phrases.

    I thought the central erect of concentrating on the San Pedro church would be a little strange to a Jewish woman. But not really. I felt very comfortable with the assignments and seemed to depend on spirituality more than on religion.

    It would be hard to choose the best exercise for me. I enjoyed the haiku and the class haiku very much. But having to incorporate the many items into a single story was a challenge. I was a little devious about handling the majority of the items, but felt the necessity of concentrating on the three items that were part of the church.

    The people in the class and our teacher somehow interacted with each other and produced much laughter, a wonderful tribute to the teacher and her students . . . . . . .

.....it felt good to get back to writing. The exercises were good for me. Thank you.

Biographical Note:

Fran Weissenberg grew up in Brownsville, A neighborhood of Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, New York. She is a retired teacher and librarian and the mother of two daughters. She and her husband Al, also a teacher, retired to Tucson in 1986. Fran writes prose and poetry and is a sculptor. Her book, "The Streets are Paved with Gold," won the 1988 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for young adult fiction.

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