Last week Tuesday, President Obama gave his Farewell Address. Watching him approach the microphone in his confident, yet laid-back manner and listening to him for just under an hour talking about his presidency, his family and the state of our democracy made me feel warm, fuzzy and so appreciative of...
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Yeah, it was about time that I wrote another chapter of my upcoming book “The Never-Ending Story of the U.S. Postal Service and me”, wasn’t it? (← Just kidding about the book deal, but I seriously have enough material to write a book. But then again, who wants to read...
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A picture of language: the fading art of diagramming sentences. I had to do this in college (for my English degree) and loved it! Nerd-alert! Should we all just stop calling 2016 ‘The Worst’? It’s all a matter of perspective, right? What else do you have when you don’t...
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I am … … sad to finally take our Christmas tree and decorations down. I know, I kept it up even over a week longer than what’s customary in Germany! What can I say? The holiday season was too short. … hiding in books. I am already on my 6th...
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I read 13 books in 2016. Only thirteen. Almost thirteen (there were two I didn’t quite finish). In my defense, I also read two monthly magazines and quite a few articles (online) and blogs :) While I wish I had read more books, I am pretty happy I am in...
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A new year, a new blank slate… and tons of opportunities to set up goals and resolutions. Or not. I didn’t really set a lot of ‘set in stone’ goals for myself in 2016 (and I surely did not post them on the blog for you all to judge me...
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Hi and hello, welcome to a new year. Goodbye 2016, hello 2017. Aaand… the new year is already 5 days old. I’m telling you, someone must be flipping the pages on that page-a-day calendar fast on purpose. In true new year’s fashion, I am jumping on the One Little Word®...
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Here goes another year. It’s amazing how time speeds up the closer we get to the end of the year, isn’t it? I know, it’s all perception, but perception also is all we have. 2016 was a pretty good year for me personally, but of course, on a larger scale,...
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