When I first picked up the book, Denk Ich an Sonneberg, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Referencing the war in the subtitle, “Experiences and Thoughts, Sonneberg until the end of the Second World War,” suggested content might dwell on…
I finished the translation. It was a long process, but an interesting one. My approach was to translate one paragraph at a time. This offered immediate gratification, compensating the effort of the work. It also got me engaged in the…
I was able to attend a guided tour of Suzy Lake‘s photography being presented at the RIC Gallery hosted by the artist herself. Her work is very much related to women’s issues of control, body image, and aging. While this…
I recently attended a Key Ceremony hosted by Habitat for Humanity, where the sponsors [symbolically] hand over the key to a new home. Among the motivations for the program, is to enable families to own a home to create a…
I am now 40% the way through the manuscript. The narrative is focused, to this point, around family life and contextualised within some history. There are more tales about Tante Fanny. She was the sister of my Great Grandmother.…