Detroit Collaboration: Pages Bookshop, Always Brewing Detroit + Ten21 Press
A Heartfelt + Thrilling Story Amidst Great Food and Drink with Friends Pages Bookshop and Always Brewing Detroit are joining together …
For Love of Country, a Valentine, and a Stained Glass Window
Today is Friday, the thirteenth of February, the day before Valentine’s Day. I should probably be writing about romantic love. But, I won’t. Instead, I’ll write about a stunning symbol of peace and the love of country and American Regionalist painter Grant Wood (1891-1942) whose birthday is today. Wood was born near Anamosa, Iowa and …
Late Christmas Amaryllis Dazzle for Valentine’s Day
It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and my Christmas amaryllis have just started to bloom! Anyone who knew my late husband Charles knew how much he loved colorful fresh flowers. For our eleven years together Charles and I had a garden of dazzling red amaryllis atop our dining room table instead of a Christmas tree. I’ve tried …
Border Crossings: Above the Fold
Last winter on Valentine’s Day 2014, I was overjoyed when a story on Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance (my late husband Charles Novacek’s posthumously-published memoir) appeared on the front page of the Detroit Free Press above the fold, “Ultimate valentine: Book of husband’s war-era stories became a project of love.” “Above …
Happy Birthday, Dear Maria!
It’s the birthday of my late husband Charles Novacek’s mother Maria Patko Nováčeková. She was born on January 8, 1902, in the village of Ožd’any in Austria-Hungary, the present day Slovakia near the Hungarian border. As Charles stated in his memoir, Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance “Mother’s native language was Hungarian and …
Wishing for Happiness, Peace + Joy Around the World + in Detroit
“I believe we create a more positive future through wishing.” …
