Author Archives: geraci
Inspired Friday
This is a recent drawing I made of the Hohenschwangau Castle. I took a trip [...]
Aug
A Western Museum in an Unlikely Place
My landlord came over our house a while back. He said a friend of his [...]
Aug
Inspired Friday
A Flower can not blossom without Sunshine, and Man can not live without Love. [...]
Aug
The German Pick Your Own
In the heart of summer we all want our vegetables as fresh as possible. It’s [...]
Jul
Belt Bag
I promised myself I was going to sew something this summer, even if only once, [...]
Jul
Make It Big
I just finished another new painting. It’s huge, 48” x 48”, so it’s taken me [...]
Jul
The Best Beer in Germany
Says who? Me. Just me, no one special. Phil and I indulged ourselves yesterday in, [...]
Jul
Projects. Pie. Pancakes.
When you live in the center of Europe having a house guest for a couple [...]
Jul
Weekend in the Bergs
We drove to southern Germany; so far south in Germany that you actully have to [...]
Jun
The Institutions of Vienna
The mention of a trip to the capital of the Eastern Empire brings to mind, [...]
Jun
The Sunday Drive
I took a field trip today with Katharina and Ludwig. We went to the romantic [...]
Jun
Treasure Fest
Each time I attend a new festival in Germany I am always under the assumption [...]
Jun
The Garden
There are many things about our German neighbors, here at USAG Ansbach, of which we [...]
Jun
The Skilled Travelers…a tale of Brussels and Bruges
There is a knowledge to traveling. As helpful as guidebooks and online research can be, [...]
May
Revolution. Death. Painting. Brussels.
I don’t know much about torture. I’ve never been tied-up, starved, beaten, flogged, had any [...]
May
How Many Chances Did You Have Today to Celebrate?
One of the most important things in life is taking time to show appreciation. Celebrate [...]
May
Nature. Music. Fried Dough.
Just when I thought there wasn’t much more for me to discover in my town…I [...]
May
Neon Austrian Landscape.
This is my Austria. It certainly is not a traditional illustration of the peaceful Eastern [...]
May
Why Suffer? Start Over.
“Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine [...]
May
The Wind Chime Mosaic
So tightly wound are the details of our lives. Energetic fibers are running through each [...]
Apr
Sewing Like Mom
If it weren’t enough that I look almost exactly like my mother, I also copy [...]
Apr
Winter Sports Italiano
I may have had the luxury of claiming to spend Riding Day #20 on Vermont’s [...]
Apr
Snow in Spring
Snowboarding on April Fool’s day…otherwise known (affectionately) as Gaper Day in Stowe. The resort was [...]
Apr