On the weekend, I practiced a new skill and had a sudden aha! moment about learning to adapt to a new culture by finding the
St. Stephan’s church in Mainz, Germany has stunning stained glass windows. The church burned on February 27, 1945 and Marc Chagall designed most of the
A writing and interior design metaphor. My life unintentionally provided me with another writing metaphor this weekend. We moved to Germany three years ago and
In the small village of Swisstal-Dünstekoven, a one-time convent was built solely with materials scavenged from the Roman water line. Now it’s a farm with Scottish
In the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Michelle Kwan skated an amazing and beautiful program without apparent effort. You can watch it here: What touched me
Fantastic tree in the botanical garden. Orto Botanico, Palermo, Sicily. © Laurel Decher, 2016. Planting a tree in Palermo a few hundred years ago means
I recently came across another inspiring example of using your inheritance to create something new. Alessandro inherited 500 olive trees with his grandfather’s Sicilian property.
Click here to download Six Ways to Reveal Character handout as a pdf with links to Karl Iglesias’ website and to WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT.
We just watched DER BAUER UND SEIN PRINZ (The Farmer and his Prince) about Prince Charles’ organically run farm. I ordered the DVD from the
As an undergraduate, I took physics because I wanted to go to medical school. Physics promptly took over the structure of my week. Three lectures,
Marie Forleo’s video, 5 Reasons People Don’t Take You Seriously, shows how we get in the way of our message, and what to do about
Patrick O’Brian’s MASTER AND COMMANDER is a snapshot of your creative journey Patrick O’Brian’s sea adventure novel, MASTER AND COMMANDER, is an action-packed story about
