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WARNING: This August email is red-hot!
WARNING: This August email is red-hot! Hey there, Yep, it’s red hot, alright! 107, 108, 109+… whew! Have you ever heard of those crazy folks that skinny-dip in icy water just for grins? Anyone know where I can do that? I’m ready, (well, I’ll wear a bathing suit, yeah!) ~~~*~~~ If you’re receiving this for the first time, click here…
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – July 2023
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – July 2023 Hey there, WIR LIEBEN DEUTSCHLAND! (We love Germany!) Our family went to Germany for a week in May and it was an awesome time! There are so many things to love about Deutschland. I thought you might like seeing some of our photos from the trip. Click here to learn a little about…
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – May 2023
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – May 2023 Hi! May is one of my favorite months. It’s the weather…so unpredictable! We get torrential rains here in Central Texas, then hot weather, then of course we have a freeze. Never a dull moment! But having so many cloudy days makes the unexpectedly bright days so worth celebrating. And we must have rain…
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – April 2023
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – April 2023 Hey there! Aren’t you glad the weather is ‘sort of’ warming up? I’m encouraged that spring is coming! I received many compliments on the historical info I included in last month’s newsletter. So here’s more: There really are twelve historic churches in Cologne, Germany. They existed in the 1880s, when Nicklaus studied their…
Centuries-old Custom Featured in My Book
Centuries-old Custom Featured in My book Hello, dear friends! It’s been hectic, helping people find Etch of a Promise—by keeping up with social media, donating books, and planning speaking events. But I’m never too busy to reach out to you, my core group of friends. I appreciate you so much! This newsletter has inside information on Nicklaus and his artistic…
Happy Holidays “Etch of a Promise” Style
Happy Holidays “Etch of a Promise” Style Winter is a magical time in Cologne. Maria and Nicklaus bundle up and brave the whitened landscape together. Fires crackle and warm the home where Maria lives with her three friends. The park is covered in a blanket of snow, but the birds still clamor around their feet for crumbs, while the pesky…
You need to know this
My recent historical discoveries have been about word usage—archaic and ‘modern.’ Some ‘modern’ words were used in Nicklaus and Maria’s time, yet some ‘archaic’ words, you might still recognize. How...
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Ottmar Mergenthaler was just a boy in Germany, but especially handy at repairing clocks, and became an apprentice. At 18, he immigrated to the US in 1872 to work in...
WARNING: This August email is red-hot!
In Etched on the Heart, Maria is disillusioned that women weren’t seen worthy of staying in school. She was taken out at the age of 13 to work at home...
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – July 2023
Our family went to Germany for a week in May and it was an awesome time! There are so many things to love about Deutschland. I thought you might like...
Writerly Wramblings from Ruby – May 2023
May is one of my favorite months. It’s the weatherso unpredictable! We get torrential rains here in Central Texas, then hot weather, then of course we have a freeze. Never...
Etch of a Promise released on November 18, 2022. Order it from the About the Book page. It is also available on Amazon and all other book retailers.
