What can you do with your heritage? Noblesse oblige for the modern age. If you inherited a castle, what would you do with it? In
A new library is born. Hard-working librarian who made a half a library into a whole. In 1775, James Boswell wrote, “A man will turn
Accepting imperfection is part of what makes us human. I’ve watched this video about the beauty of mistakes about five times already. I first saw
Download graphic Infographic for Motivation Reaction Units. The best order for character reactions is feeling/thought, action (involuntary or voluntary), speech. You don’t have to include
Skin-colored felt is not easy to find, even if you know what color you’re looking for. My youngest and I are sewing figures for a
Last night I learned a dear friend died. She and her husband helped us when our first child was born and were both friends and
Customs officials play in a band performance in Aachen. Music informs my work as a writer and gives me a whole new perspective on customs
Marie Kondo’s THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP explores the benefits of de-cluttering at a level I can’t attain but it reminds me that things
See the trailer for the exhibit here: https://youtu.be/tTFOSzpqaPI/ The stunning poster drew me in for the latest exhibit in Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast. It was called
The Middle Ages come to life in Arezzo, Italy. ©Jan Decher, 2002 The itinerary included the most important and accessible places in the story: Bologna
Last week, my husband and I visited Marburg, the town where we first met. In 2017, Marburg joined many cities in Germany in a celebration
The International Self-Publishing and Author Programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair was on Saturday, October 17th. Here are five new tools I discovered: (1) BookTrack