Marienfelde Refugee Center
April’s research involved visiting the Marienfelde Refugee Center in Berlin where 1.3 million people passed through between 1953 and 1990 as a necessary step in their journey to become free and legal West German citizens. The Center became necessary and funded by the...
The Palace of Tears
I realize it has been a long time since my last post, but the last few months of 2022 and the beginning ones of 2023 were a roller coaster for my family. The craziness began in mid-October when my husband Brian and I signed the paperwork to purchase a home in the...
A Lesson in Democracy
Russian President Vladimir Putin had had his sights on Ukraine for several years before he initiated an unprovoked attack against the independent, democratic nation on February 24, 2022. In the months leading to the invasion, Putin and his allies had accused the...
A Trip to Normandy, Well Worth the Wait
This is a guest post that I wrote that was originally published in AngiesWeb.com Visiting the Northern region of France known as Normandy is somewhere I had always wanted to go, because my mother had been a French teacher and spent several years there as part of an...
Inspiration is Everywhere
Because 2021 had been an especially troubling year for Brian and me on a personal level, we decided at the first feasible opportunity in 2022 to take a much-needed vacation. We had planned to go to London in December 2021, but at the advice of Brian’s doctors we...
Review of 2021, and looking forward to 2022
I realize it has been awhile since my latest post, but my life, like that of many of you has been full of ups and downs over the past several months and keeping current on my blog somehow was not a top priority. The year was filled with the biggest highs I have had in...
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