Posted in Journey entries on Jan 12th, 2009 No Comments »
What is a LARP?
A LARP is Live Action Role-Play. Larps can be based on history, science-fiction, post-apocalyptic theory, real-life, or fantasy. They might have a lot of magic or none at all. A larp is not just a recreation of an historical event, (although re-enactments have their place in larping), but instead it relies heavily [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Christmas Day photo of Hélène and me (far right) with my daughter (far left), and Hélène’s son and daughter.
We spent the holidays in Provence (SE France) visiting my penpal Hélène and her family. She and I have been corresponding since we were 13 years old! While we were there, we went through her boxes of [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Nov 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Outside a preschool in Rostock; the former Eastern Germany has a very strong government-funded preschool system.
I was fortunate to be able to visit with the sister and nephew of a friend in Port Townsend. She’s been in Germany since 1992 and her son was born there, in Rostock. She is a university senior lecturer [...]
