It’s January, so I’ve started my annual burst of sorting and organizing. In the drawer of my bedside table, I came across a small stack of cards and letters from Germany that arrived over the year. Instead of putting them away in the Lebkuchen tin with the other letters I’ve saved over the years, I sat down to read. Organization…
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Growing Up a German Girl in America
Eating Salami in a Peanut Butter World… Hi, I’m Karen, the voice behind German Girl in America, I was born in California, but my heart has always been in Germany. My parents are German and emigrated to the US in the ’60s to start a new life. Fortunately for me, much of the life they thought they’d left behind came…