Canada Slim and the Battlefield Brotherhood

Landschlacht, Switzerland, Sunday, 8 July 2018 Sometimes it is difficult not to believe in fate. It strikes me as curious how my life, without planning it at times, seems to lend my writing its directions. My wife and I live only a stone´s throw away from Arenenberg (a chateau famous for being the final domicile… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Battlefield Brotherhood

Allegiance to the Queen

Arenenberg, Switzerland –  Today my wife Ute and I visited Arenenberg Castle for Advent Sunday brunch. “Arenenberg is an estate with a small chateau, Schloss Arenenberg, in the municipality of Salenstein at the shore of Lake Constance in Thurgau, Switzerland, that is famous as the final domicile of Hortense de Beauharnais. Today it houses the Napoleon… Continue reading Allegiance to the Queen