History, Real Life and Faith
Traveler’s Tales: IWM I’ve been after my husband to take me to London’s Imperial War Museum (IMW) since last July when its World War I exhibit reopened. We’d visited the exhibit in 2009 and I well remembered it, particularly the intense “as if you were there” trench exhibit. Since I spent the last two years writing about WWI, this seemed a terrific time to…
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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? As you read this, I’m traveling home after an extensive trip with my husband and new-PhD son. It took a real effort to disconnect from social media and actually enjoy (as in “be present”) on this journey. It was my husband’s first vacation in…
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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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Do you use your hands when you talk? I do. Or, as someone at church asked me recently, “do you just talk until your hands stop moving, or can you speak if they’re not?” I laughed. (Hey, I’m moving my hands as I type this–including every time I pick them up off the keyboard. Hmmm. I wonder if that’s why…
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