e-mail author (edward@ordman.net)                                 Last updated  Nov/08/2009
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Edward Ordman's Storytelling Page

Family:
An Electrifying Family  A bit of how my wife Eunice got to be the way she is.
How Arnold Ordman got his name.  New immigrants can have difficulties with the system.
Closing the Whorehouse   A not uncommon early business practice causes problems.
The Most Memorable Role   Evelyn Ordman embarks upon a career in the Theatre
Evelyn vs. the National Bureau of Standards    Evelyn interests NBS in Children's theater.
An Adventure in Arabia   During the Gulf War, my brother gets decorated and court-martialed
The Fish Heard Round the World    On the odd ways gefillte fish has travelled...
My Grandmother's Gun    Which didn't fire, but did do the job

Period Pieces:
The Musical Elks   Jewish immigrants around 1920 struggle to become Americans.
Davey Crockett in a Jewish Drugstore.  ...and still working at it in the 1950's.
One Under Every Bed    A seven-year old encounters Howdy Doody and Joe McCarthy.
The Invasion of Camp David   A parlor game leads in unexpected directions.
Integration comes to the Boyds PTA    A courageous black in 1950's-1960's Maryland.
The Turkish Police Story   Edward is suspected of drug running by the Turkish Police.
Nasser to the Rescue    A young Jew wanders into the wrong part of Palestine.
A Litvak visits Galicia    An adventure in the Museum of Western Art, Odessa, Ukraine.
George Washington is Dead    Another 1920's Peabody story

Not quite religion...
A Rather Difficult Youth    A bit of obscure Church History with a surprise ending.
The Maccabees    Not the Chanukah story your father told you
A Tale of the Chinese Jews    ... and of the accuracy of the Biblical text.
The Greatly Reduced Story    Some revelations are not meant to be shared.
If Jesus had a credit card    A somewhat strange essay on economics of the Late Roman Empire.
Father, Son, and Distilled Spirits   One attempt to save my soul, that failed.
A Church on Every Corner      Foreigners bewildered by religions in the United States
A Sermon for Palm Sunday     In church, I quibble with the pastor over a Hebrew word
Installing a Pastor                    An essay in praise of  (defrocked) Rev. Maurice McCracken
The Polish Cook            An elderly Polish cook teaches graduate students some Talmud
The Messiah and the two tailors     How will the Messiah affect the tailor business?
Seeking San Filipe Neri   and   A comment on miracles.  I had an interesting adventure in Surce, Bolivia.

A Vietnamese New Year in Memphis   Edward and Eunice show up at the wrong, or right, party.
A Visit to Africa    A 1996 visit to Malawi, remarks on ecology, economics, and democracy.
A few little kid stories   Some short stories of children's views on how the world is organized.
Ann Landers      When a net search for "Edward Ordman" and "Jesus Christ" produced one hit.
Is sudoku (or maze-making) mathematics?     An elementary essay with a bit of math...
Mourning lost museums    They get looted in Baghdad, or revised in Berlin.

Tales of Kenyon College:
Philander's Well     College students demonstrate to preserve a pothole in the road
Otton Nikodym      A fond memory of a college teacher noted for his research
The Village Constable is Deposed     Rural students try to keep up with the revolution of the 1960's
The Night the Tree Caught Fire     Further adventures of the deposed constable

A picture taken at Edward's retirement party at the University of Memphis, May 2001. Edward is posing as chairman of the Committee on Funny Hats, whose members include the (acting) University President, Associate Provost, Department Chair, CS Section head, and other distinguished members of the faculty.