The Weight of History
![Sculpture Garden](https://doritbrauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_1517-1024x768.jpg)
Notes from a visit to Germany: Friday evening, May 20, 2011, I visited my friend Toelli’s art studio, only a few kilometers from our farm. We stood outside in his […]
The Lost Generation
![Labyrinth Rees Germany](https://doritbrauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0016-1024x768.jpg)
Notes from a 2010 visit to Germany: My mom sat on a log of driftwood, next to the River Rhine, petting our dog Max, a black and white mutt. We […]
My Father’s Scar
![Karl Brauer on horseback in Rees Germany](https://doritbrauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dad1-Retouched.jpg)
In Chapter 28 of Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes I describe a scene with my dad, in which he shares memories of his youth and the rescue of his older cousin’s […]