Part three: A career in gemstones? [All photos my own from my trip to Aachen in April 2023]Well, while my DNA is probably not linked
Part two: Aachen Following on from part one. April 2023. [Photos all my own] As I said in my last post, I’ve been seeing signs
Part one: The history of my name Who or what is Charlemagne? [Image: my own from my trip to Aachen, April 2023] Charlemagne. [ (shahr-luh-main)
24.07.2023 This is the last post I’m writing … from Germany. The next one will be coming to you from the UK. Yes. You read
(Drafted in April 2023 and completed and published in June 2023) [Image: Ancestry DNA results Map] I’m sitting at my laptop, my phone pinged a
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] Today’s post is a little lighter-hearted than the last one I published and it is a story I really
[Photo: free image iStock_000024510285Large.] If you are wealthy and are looking for a way to donate, give back to the community and make a difference
[Photo: my own. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.] The meaning of life. What is it? And don’t you dare say 42.
Welcome to 2019. We live in a world of hashtag trends and keyboard warriors ranting on social media about injustices and racism. And this
[Photo: Banner vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com] We have been created to love each other, to help each other, and to heal each other If
[Photo: https://mysticmedusa.com/2015/11/isis-the-goddess/] Do you ever get the feeling we are on some pre-destined path? That there is an invisible string connected to all the events
Do you ever have those days where everything just goes tits up? I mean, where nothing goes right and you just want to stop, crawl
(Photo taken by yours truly in 2006 when I first arrived. This Karl Marx Monument measures 13 metres high and weighs 40 tonnes and is
Image Source from storypick.com As I scanned the bookshop today searching for something interesting to read about relationships, people, psychology etc. I was drawn to
With parents who were and are loyal fans of the US with a flagpole in the back garden flying the American flag, a dad who
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] As a volunteer Angel with the American charity Soldiers’ Angels I regularly write letters and cards to the
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] I have a lot to say. I could talk for Britain if you let me. But hardly anyone
Heimweh or Fernweh? Wanderlust and why I just can’t seem to find where home is [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] This week my
Anyone who has ever owned a bunny will know how absolutely cute, lovable and fun they are but likewise how they can also be incredibly
Is the grass really greener on the other side? [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] It sounds so exciting telling someone you are moving