Category Archives: festivals

The greatest Independence Day party ever

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 by

And by Independence Day, I mean the Lithuanian one, of course. The ultimate expression of Lithuania’s year-long 100th anniversary celebration happened the first week of July in Vilnius, and hardcore LT fan that I am, I was there to see … Continue reading →

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A song for the solstice

Posted on Dec 22, 2012 by

In honor of Midwinter and the world not ending, I’d like to share the following video from a folk song festival I attended back in October. First, a little background:  When my mom and her sisters were little, they used … Continue reading →

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Sheboygan Book Fest: Year 2

Posted on Oct 22, 2011 by

And we circle back to Postcards’ beginnings!  As in October 2010, I drove up to Sheboygan, WI last weekend for the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival.  Thankfully, the forecasted showers never came, so in addition to attending author presentations and visiting … Continue reading →

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Sheboygan Children’s Book Fest

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 by

I took a day trip to Sheboygan, Wisconsin yesterday for WI’s first children’s book festival. First, I met Kathi Appelt, who writes the kinds of folklore-inspired fantasy novels that I’m dying to finally translate from brainwave to book.  My inner 7-year-old … Continue reading →

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