The Past is Another Country
I have a guilty pleasure. I love research. If I had my way, I’d spend all day poking around in libraries, exploring significant locations, sampling local dishes or getting lost
Events & News
A Pair of Blue Eyes
1927: Europe is healing. Berlin is burning—bright with decadence, danger, and change. Ladies’ magazines spin a seductive illusion of fashion, culture and opportunity. The reality is acrobats and divorcees, degenerates and amputees
Man or Mama Bear
Debate recently raged over a question posed to women: would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? Strong views and heated exchanges revealed an uncomfortable truth – many women would feel safer with a bear. Cue gender wars and sexual politics and #notallmen and #MeToo, a bristling forest of vocal opinions.
Why Salt?
The condiment we consider an everyday feature of the kitchen table was not always as accessible as it is today.
Black River Chapter One
f everything worked out, this would be the first time one of Dona Candida’s girls had succeeded in getting away. It would work out. The alternative was unbearable.
Wolf Tones
Chapter 1 His concentration faded with the light. The soft stroke of the low notes created a hollow mid-air tone, not a warm vibration in his chest, and the high voice
Run and Hide
Chapter 1 My name is Ann Sheldon. A tourist? Yes, but having hopes to become a local. I’m a poet, you see, hunting peace and quiet and inspiration. Ha, ha! Very
You Got A Friend?
Today is launch day for Odd Numbers, a psychological drama about ties that bind us. Not to our blood relatives, but our chosen family – our friends.
The City of Wine
Now I want to introduce you to La Cité du Vin (The City of Wine), one of the most intriguing sights/sites in the region of Bordeaux.