Most fiction authors are creative by nature. They have other outlets and mediums they escape to while not plinking away on their keyboard. To be creative in three different entertainment arenas, however, isn’t all that common. To juggle all three careers at once is even less common. That’s why today’s author is so...

They call it the “Paris of the East”, and for very good reason. The states of Eastern Europe often get a bad rep for their cold and stark, communist-era landscape, but the Hungarian capital of Budapest is truly a shining jewel among the granite. You only have to walk down its wide Parisian-style boulevards, with...

By scheduling vacation during the summer, we speed up the shortest season. Of course, the weather is nicer, and the kids are out of school, so it makes sense. But Memorial Day to the Fourth of July to Labor Day seems like three weeks. Taking a week to ourselves is a tight squeeze.

Many years ago, a...