Sarah Zama's Blog, page 28
February 14, 2020
Half of the Story. Women and Men Enter the 1920s Companionate Relationship
In the 1920s, women found new freedom in their love life, but we often don't appreciate men stopped to be the chooser and became the chosen as well
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February 9, 2020
The Frozen Maze – One Sunday Pause
Hi everyone. Just wanted to say I’m taking a day off from the serial today. It has been a tiresome week, and I felt purely for much of it. I didn’t feel up to working at the serial. It is a point in the story where I need all my mental energy, so I prefer […]
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February 7, 2020
Gang Roundup – February 2020
Jojo Rabbit and 1917 are two of the most beautiful films set during a war I've ever seen.
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February 2, 2020
The Frozen Maze – Episode 14 – The Black and White Couple
The Frozen Maze by Sarah Zama - A Snow Whit eretelling set in 1920s Germany - Episode 14 - The Black and White Couple
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January 27, 2020
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020
"A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful."
- Primo Levi
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January 26, 2020
The Frozen Maze – Episode 13 – Dreams
The Frozen Maze by Sarah Zama - Episode 13 - Dreams - In the cold of the dying maze, Ingeborg finds a babble of warth, and dreams come to her
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January 23, 2020
An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd (book excerpt and review)
The second novel in the Bess Crawford Series was a strong mystery, very well-constructed, with a cast of characters that felt real and coherent.
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January 20, 2020
Martin Luther King Day 2020 – Compassion
"If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality and strength without sight" - Martin Luther King jr
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January 19, 2020
The Frozen Maze – Episode 12 – Have I Ever Advised You Poorly?
Episode 12 Have I Ever Advised You Poorly? They had breakfast in the dining room. Ingeborg was so accustomed to Berlin’s small apartments that dining in that big room proved to be surprisingly intimidating. Far gone were the days when she had considered it normal. The breakfast had been prepared by Hanna and was the […]
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January 17, 2020
Gang Roundup – January 2020
Sometimes we forget that the 1920s were an exciting time of change also outside of the US and Europe. Let's have a look at what happened aroudn the globe.
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