Sharon’s Stories
Rhapsody under a Bohemian Moon - Cesky Krumlow, Czech Republic (Published by the National Post)
The fair is in full swing in Svornosti Square. Amidst jugglers and barking dogs, minstrels from as far away as Prague vie for attention while an old gypsy woman scans the crowd. The air is ripe with the spicy aroma of sausages sizzling on blazing fires alongside enormous slabs of venison. At rough wooden booths crammed cheek-by-jowl, vendors hawk cups of mead.
I can almost convince myself that I have arrived smack-dab in the Middle Ages ...
The Other Kaszuby - Poland and Canada (Published by Country Connection Magazine)
We knew half of the story - of the Kashubs, Canada’s first Polish immigrants, who arrived 150 years ago this summer. We’d heard tales of how they carved farms and villages from the Ottawa Valley wilderness, one tree and one pumpkin-sized boulder at a time. But where did these determined people come from, wondered my photographer husband, Jim, and what happened ...
Beaujolais Nouveau: Just Part of the Story - Huire, France (Published by the Boston Globe)
Bowls of salads, plates of sausages, and a tray of regional cheeses - there was scant room for the enormous loaf of bread that Jeanine Lagneau carried to our table tucked into the rose-filled garden at Domaine Lagneau.
“And now to drink? Vin? Beaujolais Villages, of course ...
