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 …
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 …
Tales of the South Pacific with Love in Detroit
Detroit, MI— It’s the month of love and the day February 3rd is the birthday of American novelist and short-story writer James Michener (1907-1997), a favorite of my late husband Charles. Michener’s novels were detailed and researched extensively. He was known for making foreign lands accessible to Americans through his epic “fictional documentaries.” One of …
Wishing for Happiness, Peace + Joy Around the World + in Detroit
“I believe we create a more positive future through wishing.” …
A Carol for Peace in the World + A Piece of Land in Detroit
“Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has suffered long; Beneath the angel-strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring; – O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing!” –Edmund …
