by Jule Kucera | Oct 6, 2019 | Blog
You’ve heard of the Titanic, yes? Of course you have. Kate and Leonardo made sure of that. But what about the Sultana—do you know about that one? Even though it had almost as many people on board when it sank, and as many deaths, the newspapers were instead filled...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog
When I was thirteen I stopped using the number 6, or at least avoided it as much as possible. At the time, if you had asked me why, I would have said it was a slippery number, untrustworthy, and if you had three of them you had the Mark of the Beast—whatever that was....
by Jule Kucera | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog
Before this most recent trip to Munich and Paris, I hadn’t travelled internationally in a few years. After having been to places like Budapest and Bangkok, Sydney and Santiago, I was out of practice. To get back in gear, I reviewed travel sites for advice. There are...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 15, 2019 | Blog
In fiction, there is the concept of the unreliable narrator—the person telling the story cannot be trusted. Gone Girl is an outstanding example of an unreliable narrator. Completely untrustworthy. Our own memories are the same. We think we remember what happened and...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog
This is a list of random advice I made for myself: Chew the stick of gum before it goes stale and hard. Or throw it away. But don’t keep it hanging around, getting old. Don’t lick anything metal when you’re outside and it’s below freezing. Let your heart get broken...
