Over the weekend, I visited a castle, the Schloss Horst Museum in Gelsenkirchen, a printing press, the Historische Druckwerkstatt that offered a trip to the
Last week, my family and I visited the German Emigration Museum in northern Germany. The museum is in Bremerhaven, literally “Bremen’s harbor”, so there are
The magical inscription on this painting reads: “We cannot lay her in the dark earth,” said the dwarfs and so they had a transparent glass
My daughter and I watched THE KING’S SPEECH the other day. I’d seen it before, but the story captured me all over again. In the
The inventor of rain boots. Thomas Lawrence [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Rain boots are also called Wellies after the Duke of Wellington, a brilliant
If you are looking for adventure, you can usually find it. But sometimes adventures creep up on us! Here’s how to enjoy traveling with your kids and some book recommendations thrown in, to sweeten the journey!
A blurry bee is a happy bee. Good Advice About Moving to a New Place In graduate school, my major professor, Dr. Sandra Melnick, gave
Pitches and promises that align the story, the agent, the publisher, the reader and ourselves will make our work visible. Last year, I participated in
Think how much writing–and reading–you could get done if no one knew you were there. This is eerily simple: just use 4 lenses to bend
One morning, in early spring, my husband and I decided to walk to Burg Eltz (Eltz castle) from the tiny village of Hatzenport. We had
The village of Mayschoß in Germany’s lovely Ahr valley says “spring” all over. The name of the village means “lap of May” and even though
Wear a hat and long-sleeved shirt against ticks and sunburn and cover your skin against frostbite. Don’t leave your toothpaste or bacon out where the
