I spent several hours at the Colmar Christmas Market last night, under pouring rain, and was once again reminded of how very beaufiful, whimsical and quaint the holidays can be in this part of the world. What a simply wonderful place! I wanted to “talk business” one last time before I leave Germany for a […]

AND THE WINNER IS: FIONA!! She asked the right questions of the right people and discovered the meaning behind Casey’s name. And won herself a free book in the process!! There may be further contests in the future, so keep your eyes on the site and think fast… Book orders are coming in steadily. Remember […]

A couple of you have gotten pretty close to finding the answer to the official “tidal pools xanga contest”! (see previous post) Let me add one more hint: Think in terms of foreign languages…. Yup. Foreign languages! Remember, the first one to get it receives a free book! (Students, there’s a staff member getting mighty […]

INTRODUCING THE OFFICIAL “TIDAL POOLS” XANGA CONTEST!! Here’s the deal, the first one to figure out why I chose the name “Casey” for the protagonist of the book receives a free copy. RULES: 1. I can’t have told you already! 2. If I told you, you can’t tell anyone else and share the prize (What–100 […]

I must add a PS to my last entry. If you’d like a copy of “The Edge of Tidal Pools” please DO NOT use Amazon! I just discovered they take 55% of each sale… Refer to www.tidalpoolsonline.com for purchase instructions. Thanks so much! Michele

This is a momentous day for me, and you all, dear Xanga readers, are the first to know about it! I received word this afternoon that my book, “The Edge of Tidal Pools”, is on its way to the printer. The cover is gorgeous and the inside actually looks like a *real* book! In just […]

Have you ever wondered how certain things came into being? Who was the first person who decided that cooking blood and stuffing it into pig gutt would make a decent-tasting sausage? Who discovered moth balls? Who thought it would help civilization to develop German toilets with a ledge built in?? (Those of you who have […]

So here’s the question: what should be the topic of my next entry?? Open to all suggestions… Michele

TWENTY LESSONS LEARNED IN A SINGLE WEEK OF REENTRY: 1. Change is not necessarily lethal. 2. Change, however, can be relatively painful. 3. A little bit of pain can be an important wake-up call. 4. It really is possible to buy an ADORABLE little car for 1,500 euros less than it’s worth–it just requires a […]

Since Squirt’s Xanga site is refusing to allow me access, I’ll have to answer her question in this forum instead. She wrote (and I think I detected some frustration there!) that she doesn’t understand why everybody seems to be trying to tell BFAers about being MKs (or TCKs). Since she IS an MK, she should […]