A mystery inside a mystery. April Vogt, Continental furniture specialist with Sotheby’s, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the Paris office requests her assistance to assess the contents of a Paris apartment that had been closed for 70 years. Full of incredible furniture finds, as well as an unknown painting by Giovanni Boldini, theContinue reading “Book Review: A Paris Apartment”
Author Archives: Sandra Yeaman
Insecure Writer’s Support Group–My First Post
It’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group Wednesday. I signed up last week when I learned of the group and its requirement to post each first Wednesday of the month. So here’s my challenge for the week. I know I have to prepare a synopsis of my memoir. I know I should prepare an outline. I know theseContinue reading “Insecure Writer’s Support Group–My First Post”
Book Review: Scribbling the Cat
“The windows of the pickup were rolled down because we, in common with everyone else in this part of the world, were jealous of every drop of fuel we spent. And, under these circumstances, air-conditioning (like the exorcism of war memories and the act of writing about it) was an unpardonable self-indulgence. K had goneContinue reading “Book Review: Scribbling the Cat”
Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller’s first memoir covers her childhood in Africa, including stints at boarding schools far from her parents, ending with her marriage to an American who brought her out of Africa and into another land. Her parents were grounded in Africa, her mother by birth and her father by experience. Yet after the death of theirContinue reading “Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight”
Z is for Zambia
“White Rhino” (CC BY 2.0) by SarahDepper I never wanted to go to Africa. I was sure of it. That is, until I went to Yemen, another place I never wanted to go. But a good reason to go to Yemen came along. And I am so very pleased. I enjoyed Yemen so much more than I hadContinue reading “Z is for Zambia”
Y is for Yemen
“YE 97 Ponte di Shahara” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Luca Bruno Photographer There is only one rule when driving in Yemen–basic rule #1–whoever is in front has the right-of-way. Rear-view and side-view mirrors are optional. Most Western men just can’t give up the driving habits of home, choosing instead to be driven crazy by the behavior of everyContinue reading “Y is for Yemen”
X is for Xanadu
“Bali Beach House – Bale” (CC BY 2.0) by Jesse Wagstaff Merriam-Webster defines Xanadu as an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place. My image of Xanadu is what I saw in Bali, Indonesia, on an all too short stay as I traveled from Iran in 1977 back to the United States through Asia. Everything in Bali looked perfect. White sandContinue reading “X is for Xanadu”
W is for Weehawken
“Sunset on the Hudson waterfront” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by joiseyshowaa It was the summer that changed my life–1968. I spent it in New Jersey where I shared a house in Union City with seven other young women, all college students, while we volunteered in an interdenominational arts/crafts/recreation program for elementary school-aged children. The church where I volunteered wasContinue reading “W is for Weehawken”
V is for Virginia
“Wreaths Across America Sunset at Arlingt” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by joseph.gruber One of the original 13 colonies, Virginia became my home state when I joined the US Department of State in 1985. For the first six months of my career as a Foreign Service Officer, I lived in a studio apartment at the top of a hill overlooking the IwoContinue reading “V is for Virginia”
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