by Mari K Eder | Nov 4, 2025 | Newsletters
Gretchen Kunigk didn’t step into a pair of skis until she was fifteen years old. But she took to it like a natural. In the 1930s, most skiing was not downhill but instead was primarily ski jumping or cross-country skiing. Why? Primarily because the notion of a... 
by Mari K Eder | Oct 5, 2021 | Newsletters
“How can a man fall in love with a girl in a painting?” A romance novel asked that provocative question on its back cover. The teaser worked; it was a book I just had to have. The Girl in The Blue Dress was originally published by Harlequin in 1947 and cost the grand...