Germany, Day 3: Not Doing the Tourist Thing
Most Americans think Germany is great. It looks like Disneyland. Actually, it’s the other way around, danke schoen. There are rivers of beer. There are mountains of chopped and formed […]
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Day 2: Shanghai for Beginners
Day 2 Saturday, April 13, 2013 Morning: Breakfast is free except for coffee. Mmmmm, it was actually pretty good coffee. There’s soy milk too. And oatmeal. And veggie steamed buns. […]
Next Stop: Shanghai
I kept a journal while on my amazing three-week sojourn through Shanghai and the Guangxi province in April of this year. I will share the daily adventures and pictures from […]
All Things Bright and Dark
Soon I will clink a glass of champagne on New Year’s Eve and bid goodbye to a strange year. Taking the Big Leap When it was decided that the full-time […]
From Portland to Maui
Recently, I unearthed some poems from the period of 2009-2010 when I was more active in writing poetry. I blew off the considerably thick dust and began sending them off […]
I Dare You
I have a constantly changing definition of bravery. Is being quiet the daring thing, or is it speaking your mind? Is bungee-jumping daring, or is it keeping your feet planted […]
Halloween Trick: The Blind Intestine
At one in the morning, Chris nudged me awake. “Take me to the hospital.” Groggily, I got on my coat and trudged out to the lingering Halloween drinking crowd. Our […]
Why Germans Are Smart
At the end of August, my husband, Chris, and I and made our annual trip to the Stuttgart area of Germany to visit his family. Winterbach to be exact. The […]
Stephanie Golisch 