History, Real Life, and Faith
Like many Americans, our family is made up of immigrants. I’m a first generation American on my mother’s side of the family. My father’s? Oh, twelfth? My husband is a second generation American on his father’s side. His mother’s? Oh, thirteenth? But like many immigrant families, our families have remained in touch with folks in the old world and have…
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My husband and I returned last night from 17 days in Europe and while I’d like to think I’m coherent, the truth is I’ve not slept more than a couple hours in the last four days. Jet lag anyone? I’ve downloaded more than 1000 photos, so far, and I’ve got a lot a notes, so today I’m just going to…
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How do writers disconnect from social media and their writing to travel or get a break? I wrote this after an extensive trip visiting family. It was my husband’s first vacation in a couple years. I wanted to spend it enjoying the trip rather than being distracted by what might be happening on my blog, Facebook, or Twitter (not to mention…
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Do you know where Slovenia is? East of Italy, south of Austria, north of Croatia., a touch to western Hungary. It’s in alpine country. Do you know what language they speak there? Slovenian. Can you say anything in Slovenia? I can’t either. Which was a problem when we visited relatives. The GPS App The trouble began the moment we crossed…
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Why use your hands to speak English? Or, was that just Italian?
Unlikely heroes of WWI: animals, slugs, and birds!