Melody Ermachild Chavis

Melody Ermachild Chavis is an American writer living in California and Germany. She is the author of, Meena, Heroine of Afhanistan: the Life of the Martyred Founder of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan.
Melody Ermachild Chavis is an American writer living in California and Germany. She is the author of, Meena, Heroine of Afhanistan: the Life of the Martyred Founder of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan.
![]() |
Views Friday, September 18, 2015 Open Homes, Open Borders: A Dispatch from a German Village Sheltering 400 Refugees Dear friends, I could easily walk from our apartment to the village sport hall where 400 refugees arrived last night, Wednesday, September 16. The German Red Cross worked for the past few days to get it ready with cots, food, shelves of clothes organized by size and gender, toiletries, toys for... Read more |
Views Thursday, May 16, 2013 The Quiet Disaster: European Bees in Trouble It is not a fire or an earthquake. It makes no noise, and you can notice it only close-up. I live on a horse farm in Germany, surrounded by fields and orchards, the nearest village a kilometer away. After a dark, gloomy winter, apples, pears, and lilacs are in full bloom, and there are so many dandelions, the horses seem to be grazing on pastures of butter. Read more |