by Mari K Eder | Jan 3, 2023 | Newsletters
In December, I took a long-overdue trip to Germany and visited holiday markets in Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. This trip was planned for December 2021, but surging COVID cases across Europe last year caused holiday markets to shut down, and the trip was postponed.... 
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... by Mari K Eder | Jan 5, 2021 | Newsletters
The 75th anniversary of the end of WWII events took place this past summer and fall. But submerged in the deadly chaos of 2020 – from wildfires to hurricanes to the devastation of Covid 19, they passed by in a whisper. Celebrations were muted. Remembrance ceremonies...