On Friday was “Veteran’s Day” here in the US. In Germany, we celebrate St. Martin’s Day on November, 11. It’s a catholic tradition and the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, “who was baptized as an adult and became a monk. It is understood that he was a kind...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. Following five exhausting days hiking through and gazing at the amazing landscape of the Southwest, we felt like we had earned a day “off”...
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Modern Wall Art with Paint Swatches by Elsie (A Beautiful Mess). — Lovely idea. Ho-Hum (On Blogging) by Michelle (Scissor Quirk). — I can relate to this. How to write “good post” by Vic (For the love of blogs). — While I do agree with most of this posts, I...
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{via my flickr} This is a regular feature post on my blog. See the archives here. You know, this stupid pinched nerve in my shoulder can kick it… I’ve been sleeping on a heating pad the last two nights and it seems to be – maybe – working? A...
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Wednesday and it’s time to pin! Share your favorite pins of the week with me! Here are mine! Source: leschosesdemarie.blogspot.com via San on Pinterest Neat! Love the smell of coffee beans! Source: onederstrucked.tumblr.com via San on Pinterest So true! Source: etsy.com via San on Pinterest Love this...
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{source} Have you ever lived in a foreign country? Have you ever had to use a foreign language on a regular basis? I am sure many of you have, it’s not a very unusual thing anymore these days. Lots of people travel, work abroad, fall in love with a foreigner...
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{source} Current Book(s): I’ll start reading “The Scent of Rain and Lightning” by Nancy Pickard this week. According to Amazon, I should get the book tomorrow – yay! I joined #twookclub a couple of weeks ago, a Twitter book club initiated by Stephany and I am so excited to...
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A while back, I had started a series that was called “Things you wouldn’t know”, addressing life as a German expat, living in a country far away from home, where one encounters a whole lot of things that are just different. Some things are significant, others barely noticeable. Recently, we had...
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