Lately, I’ve been wondering if migration is our natural lot and living peacefully in one place all our lives a rarity. Cranes are migrating and
When we’re overcome by life and can’t get to the things and the people that matter to us, we get frustrated. How often do we
Hope keeps cropping up. This weekend, hope took the form of an audio book, a YouTube video, a walk under gray skies, a skit, and
Yesterday, I visited a nearby village and strolled through the public part of the castle grounds of the lovely Burg Satzvey. It was built in
My youngest took a horse for a walk in the forest this week. I went along. The horse, Rökkvi, is a shaggy, black, Icelandic pony
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
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
After I moved to Germany, I planned a trip of a lifetime to visit the physical places in my children’s adventure story set in the
Collateral damage: Ruins of the Castle of Are (Ahr) built by Theodorich of Are around 1100 A.D. What would you do if you lost your
What makes us decide to try impossible things? A thing can call to us, but we still don’t try it. Some of it must be
How is a manuscript like a baby? These baby flamingoes in Weltvogelpark Walsrode don’t look anything like their parents. I’m thinking about the time when
