Thalidomide, Contergan, BT Kemi, Venice sinking, the Red Army Faction, the Berlin Wall, Tilman Riemenschneider, la Rive Gauche, but also the Beatles, Woodstock, and the Summer of Love — during the summer of ’76 these and other things come together … No, this is not one of those stories where the key person manages to … Read More
Since I brought up Lancaster County in a previous post, I can’t pass up putting in a plug for a great place to stay while in that part of the world. Flowers & Thyme is a bed and breakfast run by Ruth and Don Harnish, who have to be some of the nicest innkeepers around. … Read More
The novel about Carensa Holt takes place around Europe, but even in the tiny peek on this website, it’s made clear that she is from Lancaster County, PA, and attends college at Kutztown State College (today: Kutztown University). Everybody has to be from somewhere. While many Europeans think of the U.S. (or “America”) as one … Read More