The little reminders
Today is my great-aunt’s birthday. She would have turned 91. It’s hard to accept that I won’t be able talk to her today. In a way, since I’ve lived so far away form her for...
Category: nostalgia
A different kind of goodbye
When I was perusing the Antique stores last weekend, I came across a set of china which kind of stopped me in my tracks, because it was so familiar to me. This is the china...
Where to begin…
I’ve felt a little lost the last few weeks. I just got back from this whirlwind trip back to Germany. I am behind on blogging, reading blogs and everything else. I am tired, I have...
Happy Nikolaus!
Today is Saint Nicholas Day (German = Nikolaus). Unfortunately my shoes turned up to be empty this morning, might be due to the fact that there’s no “Saint Nicholas Day” in the US. Oh well, but I...
What we’ve learned
Yesterday was J’s and my anniversary. I can’t believe we’ve been married for 6 years. Sometimes, it feels like we just got married yesterday, in many ways it seems much, much longer than 6 years....
How about some déjà vu?
Last night I saw an old friend from College. We both were exchange students at UC Davis at the same time (only that I went back to Germany after 6 months and she ended up...
Ten years ago today
{source} “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Ten years ago today, I stepped off the plane onto Californian soil for the very first time....
Weekend Recap Instagram Style
Aren’t long weekends the best? I had been looking forward to this long weekend for the whole month of May, since the last few weeks had been so busy with the move and lots of...
Things I ponder
{via} I really regret that I’ve never lived with my sister. Yes, of course, I lived with my sister when we still lived at home at my parents’ house. I mean, I regret never having...