The Stories Old Photos Tell: Visualizing Your Characters in Writing

Out wandering one Sunday morning, having promised to take my son to the traditional weekend institutions in Germany, namely flea markets, we returned to one of our favorites in Berlin at Rathaus Steglitz. It’s my favorite because there’s a vendor specializing in old books, postcards, letters and photos. I can literally take hours going through […]

Review by Valentina Heart of “The Angel of Berlin”

Reviewed by author Valentina Heart at The Romance Reviews, “The Angel of Berlin” again received comments I especially found satisfying in that it a special mix of magic, reality and every day living, and a short story based entirely on a dream I experienced. Upon awakening from such a vivid and detailed experience, I immediately […]

Poem: “Bear God Spirit” by Red Haircrow

She was an artist I really loved her works, Susan Seddon Boulet. I wrote this poem, and later I saw something of hers that reminded me of my words, it was named “Playing With the North Wind.” Look up her works, they are absolutely exquisite with a wonderful depth, breadth and beauty that combines Native […]

The Kind of Irony I Enjoy: “Owning Canadians” & Homosexuality

You may have read the debates, you may have heard the rationalizations by people on both sides of the issues, whether Gay and Christian, or Christian against, or Jewish or any other religion that teaches tolerance. The funny thing to me is, the ones that teach different kinds of intolerance, without exception all have other […]

The Eclectic Crazy Life I’d Missed

The current seminar group that was guesting in the house, a yoga group who had booked part of the house for a special week for sessions of laughing, screaming and dancing/singing (among other things), was leaving on the morrow. They’d spent the day at points all around the lake, as their special focus was water […]