Today is August 1st, which marks the celebration of Lammas. This holiday celebrates the beginning of the annual wheat harvest and signifies the bounty summer has brought us, while heralding the coming of Autumn. As I walk through the wheat fields on my daily morning hikes with my dog, the sense of abundance and life is…
Category: Holidays
Samhain in Steinbach, Germany
One of the most interesting things about living in Germany, and Europe as a whole, is the sheer history that I get to experience day-to-day. America has it’s own rich history, but it can’t even hold a candle to European history. Everywhere you look, there’s a bridge, or a tree, or a building that is…