In Normandy there is a place called Mont St Michel - the mountain of Saint Michael. In the vast plains around it, lambs eat the salty grass that grows from the sea water and people eat their salty meat. Mont St Michel is an island, except for the road that was built to access it. Sometimes ... read more
Summer Blog Social
This might possibly not interest anyone other than me, but I'm waxing philosophical along with Liz and Jessica for their week-long Summer Blog Social hosted by them (thank you for that) and linked up to by me. By waxing philosophical, I mean that I'm choosing the prompt that asks where we see ... read more
D-Day
In 1933 a Germany that was humiliated and impoverished after World War I, was ripe for someone as charismatic and patriotic as Adolf Hitler. On January 30, President von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as German Chancellor, and within four months of his appointment the Nazis were already ... read more
The Almighty Blog
I'm excited to be guest posting at Joy in this Journey today. Joy has a great blog that tackles Christian issues, such as struggling with faith and questioning existing doctrines; if you're on the fence about religion you're likely to appreciate her point of view. Her blog is made all the more ... read more
Legen (wait for it …) dary!
Can you believe we just got back (to a messy house and dear friends who stayed as guests), and now in less than a week we're off again? My dad and his wife just arrived today so we have decided to go to Normandy and visit Mont St Michel, and then to all the World War II beaches, complete with ... read more
Siblings
I was trying to find a discreet way to say that I was honored as a 2011 BlogHer Voice of the Year in the Visuals category for my Ladurée Macarons post, but I was unable to find a way to paste a large blinking WINNER button announcing the fact. I was kind of blindsided by it all as this post was ... read more
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