I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I am currently in Germany, spending quality time with my family. Even though my workout routine was nothing like it usually is, I was able to complete classes for my two on-going Streakers365 Challenges this week...
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This recipe is part of The Sweetest Season, an annual virtual cookie swap co-hosted by Erin of The Speckled Palate and Susannah of Feast + West. Every year, food bloggers get together to share new holiday cookie recipes to make and give. It’ll be my second year participating because who...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2022 People have told me in the past that they loved these posts, so I am bringing back an old favorite today. Once upon a time, I used to share German idioms for NaBloPoMo. I must have...
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I can’t believe it’s been over six weeks since I returned from my visit back home with my family. Time just won’t slow down and but I am finally getting around to posting a little recap. My trip home was short and sweet and on very short notice. I didn’t even...
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photo credit: Mobin Moein via Unsplash time warp n. A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time. _______ In many ways, time seemed to stay still these last two years (or...
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If you’ve been around these parts a little longer (or have carefully read my short bio in the sidebar), you might know that I hold dual citizenship. It’s a privilege that I don’t take for granted. My citizenship interview and naturalization ceremony were on April 3, 2012, which means yesterday...
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Earlier this month, in my Halloween post, I told you about St. Martin’s Day, a catholic holiday that is celebrated in parts of Germany on November 11. I also told you that a traditional pastry that is given out to the kids on St. Martin’s Day is a “Weckmann” (a pastry...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2021Please check out the other participants here! Are you a Halloween fan? I honestly don’t really care for the holiday, probably because I didn’t grow up with it. The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe’en, is shortened from All-hallows-eve, as...
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