Submitted by Susanne Bacon. History in Washington is incredibly young and therefore the (pioneering) past so much more immediate than in so many other parts of the US. Maybe that is the reason why there are so many ambitious authors digging into the sources that lie beneath of what and who we are today. The […]
FAB Fest Features Wendy Hinman
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Sailing the Seven Seas – somehow this has been lore since the ancient times. Think of the Odyssey or Sinbad the Seafarer. Or, think of one woman who did it for seven years, covering 34,000 miles with her husband on a 31-foot sailboat. Wendy Hinman. The adventuress and speaker is also […]
FAB Fest Features Strives of Life
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Sometimes it’s hard to place a novel into a specific genre. And maybe we shouldn’t even try, because they might not want to fit into any specific drawer at all. Like these three new novels that we might loosely place amongst contemporary women’s fiction. They deal with human struggles, with people […]
FAB Fest Features Charming Childhood
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Do you remember your favorite children’s book? I do. The beautiful illustrations told the story as much as its author’s voice. And it made me a lifetime reader. You can do the same for your children, grandchildren, in fact any children you love, if you give them one such treasure that […]
Home from Home: Volunteering
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Volunteering always was something more rewarding to me than a nuisance. Though in Germany it had way less meaning to me, and I was hardly able to do any once I was a full-time journalist. But even at school camps, I found it more fun to help dry the dishes or […]
FAB Fest Features Worlds of Magic
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Traveling educates, but it also does a lot for your soul. Some people love to travel far, some prefer exploring the magic of their own neighborhood. Some travel physically, some love to travel in their minds. The 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, and Book (FAB) Festival presents authors and their stunningly […]
Home from Home: Corn
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. The first time I had corn was sometime in the 70s – from a jar of mixed pickles. I loved it. It was about the same time when, as seven-year-olds, we kids of the neighborhood broke into a farmer’s corn field and helped us to corn on the cob. I loved […]
FAB Fest Features A. C. Fuller and Toni Kief
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Who doesn’t like a good mystery story or riveting thriller every once in a while? And even better when they are about things we can relate to? What is going on in the heads of mystery and thriller writers so they come up with ever more twists in their plots? You […]
Home from Home: Reading
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Have you ever thought over how much your reading shapes your mindset, but how it also is defined by what nation you belong to? Obviously, most people’s first books will be in their mother tongue. Mine weren’t. And my favorite was an American one, “One Morning in Maine”.