Skating

“Don’t fool yourself; he’s not coming.” Said the shorter girl. “He stood you up last time, so why are you still expecting him?” Hearing sn...
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Cochem Vineyard

“I don’t know what you’ve heard,” I said as I leaned back to recount my story, “but the truth is, everything that happened, was planned.” ...
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Riesling

Cochem, on the Mosel River, is a picturesque little German town. The steep hills on the riverbanks are great for growing Riesling grapes, and this tow...
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Pretzel

Have you ever wondered what heaven would be like? For me, it would be a German beer garden, drinking Kolsch and eating huge pretzels. This is an exper...
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Swing

Thursday nights at Cabot Square are awesome. Live music from the ’50s saturates the square as a band, playing fast swing, entices the crowd to dance...
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Crystal Beach

I thought it would be different. I thought being away from my regular life would make it easy to write. I pretty much went to the ends of the earth to...
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Library

Hendrik lowered his binoculars and whispered to Christian, “There he is again, the ringleader. I wonder what nefarious plot he is hatching now, and ...
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