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A group of interesting people living around a lovely lake in the Sierra foothills of California form a storytelling circle. They meet monthly at different mountain homes and have different narrators telling stories, some about themselves, some made-up, short, long, funny, serious, sad or happy. Some are poems, some essays. This goes on for three years, 1982 to 1985.

Though most of the Lake Dwellers don't know each other in the beginning, they become good friends over the years, some even more than that . The little community of Springlake is also prospering.

Raised in Germany during the Hitler years this girl had two wishes: to go to a university and to leave Germany for America. Both of these wishes were granted; but it was not easy. She was often confronted with obstacles and even had to endure life-threatening situations. Only her positive attitude, her persistence, and her belief in her own personal "Guardian Angel" pulled her through. Her parents, well respected citizens of her hometown, Bremen, had taken her out of high school to pursue a course in seed breeding to be able to work and be independent. But she ran into difficulties to even...

After the sudden death of his parents Viktor Baumeister inherits Blauenwald, an old Austrian castle surrounded by a village of the same name. He is not ready to take over the rein yet and has his manager take care of the estate. He marries an American widow with two sons and elderly parents. He has a deep-seated secret-only confessed to his priest-which he does not disclose to his wife until it is too late. He has to live with the consequences of youthful indiscretion and almost loses his wife's love and loyalty. Only his honest commitment to become a responsible person and castle-owner wins...

This book is a summary of my own experiences, including stories I have read and have been told by others. Stories are paraphrased and names have been changed to protect people's privacy. After conquering several unfortunate situations throughout my long life, I always came out becoming a happier person. With several examples from different genres of literature-many from my own German background-complementing my own experiences, I explain that unhappiness does not have to prevail. Enemies of happiness can be subdued and any adverse situation can hide a silver living. It only has to be...