I was very shocked and saddened to hear about the horrible plane crash in the French Alps earlier this week. Emotionally, this one hit close to home, because I consider ‘Düsseldorf’ (and Köln) my home airport(s) in Germany and when I heard that there were students and their teachers...
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{Source: Pixabay} Please, please do me a favor and don’t truncate your feed. I hate nothing more (ok, that’s an overstatement, but…) than if I browse new blog posts in my reader and can’t see the full post. I know, I know, you want me to click over and read...
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I’ve recently watched a few good movies (some of which you might already have heard, others that you might not know about at all) and I thought I’d share these with you, because I thought they were really worthwhile watching. Promised Land (with Matt Damon) – I hadn’t heard of...
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{Source: Unsplash} I think Kyria started these posts with little letter snippets to the universe and then Lisa and Nilsa posted their own versions and don’t we all have something to put out into the universe sometimes? I sure do, so here we go. Dear 24 hr fitness – it...
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My birthday last week was lovely. I took the day off from work (shouldn’t everybody get their birthday off from work? I do think so!), slept in and then spent 4 hours on Skype and FaceTime with family and friends. It was wonderful! It’s the next-best thing to actually spending...
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The ever-so-smart Kyla is writing about holistic time management strategies for business owners. Here are 4 ways to get around your landlord’s ‘no nail’-policy. A powerful post by my friend Onyi: The mirror & me. If you’re on the Internet, you need to take a look at these 300 awesome free things. 8 Ways...
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Well, it’s my birthday (week) again and I thought it would be fun to reflect on my 38th year by sharing some moments and things that made the past year great. The year itself wasn’t really anything spectacular, meaning that there were no big changes (more a lot of unknowns)...
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We’ve lived in our current apartment for 4 years and it has (mostly) served us well. I fell in love with its vintage charm when we first looked at it (and it’s in a great location, of course, in the heart of the city close to shops and restaurants). I...
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