Your intrepid author recently began using the social media platform, Instagram. The following is a comment that appeared on a post I did...

I recently read a wonderful piece in the Guardian by the writer Kristina Olsson about her cross-country walk from one side of England to...

This piece has been roiling around in my head for months. A fellow author asked whether the current political environment reminded us of...

There is at best a terrible irony that in the same week that the President of the United States of America failed to condemn the racist...

Theresienstadt 1941-1945: The Face of a Coerced Community, newly translated to English, sounds like a must read for anyone with an...

Nearly a year ago, a fourteen-year-old embroideress from Portugal in the early 17th century took up residence in the deep reservoir of...

Room in Lisbon- One of the first impressions of Portugal is the Mediterranean light. Thick stone walls keep rooms cool in the summer...

The extensive marketing efforts required after publication often come as a surprise (a shock?) to the debut author. Even with the...

With thanks to Story Circle Network for the continued recognition of Even in Darkness through the Sarton Literary Award, and this...

Walking home from an all-day symposium “Poets at Michigan” on a stunningly beautiful April afternoon, I thought of the word “Dayenu”...