This is a panorama inside the greatest rest stop ever. It’s on an Austrian highway and it sold, among other things, fresh smoothies and freshly grilled pork chops. If you look closely, you can see W almost sleeping with his head down on a tray stack …. We’ve been on the...
Family History 102
posted by S
Our family heritage lessons continued today with a stop in Heidelberg, Germany — once home to Gigi and Poppy, birthplace of Uncle Donald, and original location of the SuperBleiFrei dance by S and J seventeen years ago, recreated this afternoon. The dance moves will not be on the...
A Family’s Lon...
posted by J
Tomorrow in Nashville, Tennessee, the CREIGHTON family is gathering for a massive family reunion. My late maternal grandmother Mama Liz was a Creighton — she’s the baby girl in the tiny black and white photograph at the top of this post. Her name lives on in our family —...
An American Home
posted by J
One of our hosts here in Germany has been deployed to/in Afghanistan since last summer. We were surprised to see M in his living room over the weekend, wearing his favorite Sleepy Hollow Elementary t-shirt. He was home for less than 24 hours. In small ways, we’ve seen what HOME means...
US Army Base
posted by E
We are staying in a US Army Base called a Garrison. This is a picture of the people that live in this house. They are older now. There is a soccer field about 100 meters along the street. There is lots of American food in the refrigerators, and English-speaking neighbors...