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Bilbao and the Basque Country
BASQUE COUNTRY Before I jump right into How My Latest Vacation Was, I feel the [...]
Inspired Friday: Art and the Importance of Nutrition
A Croatian Farmer’s Market. Maybe it’s all the umbrella’s. Maybe it’s the rows, and rows [...]
Sep
The Polished Souvenir
You remember the souvenir I was working on last week for myself. Well, this week [...]
Sep
Another Weekend in the Bergs
When you travel a far distance to visit a landmark for its amazing scenery and [...]
Sep
Inspired Monday
Since our time left here in Germany is rapidly waning, Phil and I have begun [...]
Inspired Friday, Winter Dreaming
Laax, Switzerland. An almost-secret ski resort resting in the Swiss Alps. I describe it [...]
Aug
Shirt Puzzle
I love puzzles. I could spend all day working on a puzzle. Recently I spent [...]
Aug
Back To The Beach…Inspired Friday
In 1987 a movie came along that would inspire me forever. I was only six, but [...]
Aug
Camping in Croatia
I’ve noticed that the more I vacation, the more gadgets I pick up to make [...]
Aug
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