Growing up with my brother Bruce 

I have many stories growing up with my older, Bruce.
Some of my fondest memories are, in the back seat of our dad’s 1953 dodge, 
Traveling up to Vermont, for our two week vacation.
Playing license plate games, spotting stuff along the roads, 
Falling asleep together in the backseat. 
We shared a room in our cabin, in Vermont, it was the one place we fought less.
He would come back with a whole line of fish, ready for me to clean, mom, to cook,
Fresh fish for dinner, yummy. Bruce didn’t like eating the fish, or cleaning them.
When we were in elementary school, if any bullies, bullied me he would stick up
For me. 
When Bruce first got his first motorcycle, he took me for a ride. I held on for my life, it was fun, but I realized motorcycles weren’t for me.
 Before motorcycles, and cars, he built model planes, from balsam wood, and tissue paper, 
Then painted them, and used the appropriate decals, for the model .  His bedroom was decorated with these planes all hanging up. 
After the planes, he was into slot cars, he designed his own, and painted them. We would go together  where they had large tracks to race them, he also had home racing sets.
One story, we were home alone, made a whole bunch of paper airplanes, we flew them out of the window, they landed on the lawn of the only private house on the block. We had to go and pick them up afterwards, when the neighbor called to complain.
Bruce was into special teas, many nights  he would be at the kitchen table drinking his special brewed  tea, while reading Russian literature.  I would be working at some drawing in my sketch pad. 
When I turned 40, he built me my first computer, hard to believe that it been 30yrs, and two pc desk computers, three laptops, two iPads, and iPhone. I wasn’t into computers before, they were just another tool for my creativity. 
We were both into photography, we shared our first Konica camera. Then I took b &w photography class, and set up my room into a dark

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Bruce Rubenstein

September 25, 1953 – June 3, 2026

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