Today, February 28 is the birthday of French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, born in Perigord, Bordeaux, France in 1533. Montaigne was an influential writer of the French Renaissance, considered the creator of the personal essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his merging of serious intellectual exercises with anecdotes and autobiography. Montaigne influenced …
Watching the spectacular hair-raising sport of ski-jumping in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics brings to mind the will, strength, and courage of my late husband Charles. By the time he was ten years old he was an experienced ski-jumper. Perhaps no winter sport asks for more raw courage than ski jumping. Charles literally took a …
This was my Ultimate Valentine! An article on Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance by Charles Novacek on the front page of the February 14, 2014 Detroit Free Press – above the fold! Thank you Zlati Meyer, Staff Writer and Kimberly P. Mitchell, Photographer. Read the article here.
“One has to handle these negative experiences alone. You can’t get help from your friends or family. You’re finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.” –Shirley Temple It doesn’t take much to arouse memories of my late, beloved husband Charles Novacek! I woke up this morning …
