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Do you know the music? The story? Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, who is a swan by day and a beautiful maiden by night. Siegfried promises to marry her, which will break the spell. Later, Siegfried is deceived by Rothbart, the one who enchanted Odette, and Siegfried ends up swearing an oath to …[ read more ]

May’s motivational calendar theme is “Dance.” My husband and I recently ate at a Latin Cuisine restaurant and then a Polish diner on nights when each offered live music. After a year of living with COVID restrictions, we gratefully allowed the music to envelop our souls and reveled in people’s joy as they danced. It …[ read more ]

Are you the hunter or the hunted?

This month I began work on a new historical YA novel, “Prepared to Spy.” If you know Polish survivors of the Cold War I can interview, please contact me!

This month, when we feel like “sitting on our haunches,” We can hit the play button on Dawn on the Moscow River. We can allow its melodious strains to touch our souls with images of reflection, struggle, change, and dawn.