SHARING WITH ME

I have resolutely lived in the present, all my life.  Unless I am with friends who have known me well over the years and refer to the past, it’s difficult for me to conjure up memories of another time. So why was l going back to Prague for a short visit? The last time l had been there with my Mother and had seen Prague through her eyes and that was at the end of the 90’s or beginning of the new century.  Let me explain. Mother had lived and worked in Prague for close on a year in 1948. She was working on a documentary film with Joris Ivens, Hans Eisler and her closest friend, Marion Michel. I discovered this in the archives:-  In Europe: (arriving in 1947)     •    Scripted “The First Years” for Joris Ivens in Prague, the first documentary to  be made in the Soviet satellite countries after the Second World War.    That was in 1948 .  We often spoke about that period - so - she wanted to see Prague again. I might add that this is the only request that my mother ever made abou