May has taken on a specter of melancholy in recent years. It has always been a difficult time, in one way or another, since it always marked the coming of summer, the time of year that can be magical but is more often suffocating in its heat. More recently, it has become the birth and … Continue reading May is a Doorway

February opened its doors with loss. At the beginning of the month, our friend and neighbor, passed away after a long fight with cancer. He was a kind man who loved fishing and gardening, and who became one of the first people in Germany to make me feel like less of an outsider. As we … Continue reading Goodbyes & Reminders To Live