What defines the strength of beauty? This is my faithful Lenten rose. Every year in the dead of winter, this beauty finds the courage to...

What comes between us and our ability to wait? Have we come to believe results define success as a rule rather than one method? This...

Iceman Awakens just earned a 5 star sticker! I am very excited. Please enjoy the following review written by Readers Favorite. Reviewed...

Today I enjoyed the productivity of a snow day - read a book, baked banana bread, sat on the back porch enjoying the snow falling with a...

Today is the fifth day of Christmas, December 29. Today's the heralded day of five golden rings held in great esteem of what the true...

Felix, my daughter's cat, is staying with us from Thanksgiving till her return for Christmas. His groove fitting in has brought...

This evening marks the arrival of St. Mikuláš. In Hungary he brings treats to children who leave their boots at the window. In Czech, he...

Had a few obstacles thrown out as hurdles, but this past week, I had my first ever book launch and it was wonderful. We took lots of...

Thanksgiving comes as the darkening of the days lengthens. A month till the Winter Solstice creates an early retreat from outside into...

Life creates obstacles that cause us to wait. As a child we see the adult torture tactic of making us wait for birthdays and Christmas....

Recently courage has been on my mind. One of my slogans for Iceman Awakens is courage carries doubt on its back. All courage exists...

I have two favorite memories of college biology: how living organisms are classified and the color of leaves. The true color of leaves is...

My husband's hobby stems from the hills of Moravia where his uncle has a wine cellar filled with his wine. The climate in Czech, much...

Last night ended happily. My heart enjoyed tapping into the different people I met at our local Oktoberfest. Social distances observed,...

Ötzi was real, is real. His life is a mystery and an inspiration. The finding of his corpse back in 1991 turned our knowledge around....

Yesterday brought my children home and an Irish Cream Cheesecake from Sweet Pearlz in Manassas. It was my birthday. Sweet Pearlz has the...

This little guy showed up this week crowing in our pear tree. The only thing that makes him bigger than our pigeons is the tail. His...

This past week, I waited for life to get a little easier. Where there were ebbs and flows of optimism, a deep fear creeped in and...

Since I have been going into work after six months of quarantine, my cat has been finding new ways to get my attention. She learned...

The weekend of the big reveal, which cover will lay hold of Iceman Awakens? The voting was incredibly close and so a discussion had to be...