‘Hello Violet,’ he said. ‘It’s Uncle BK…‘ ‘Really? All the way from Germany?‘ ‘All the way from Germany, yes. I saw you got a hamster. A hamster named Alexander, right? Let me tell you about the history of the domesticated hamster,‘ I started to mansplain to my second oldest niece. ‘Got it covered, Uncle BK.… Continue reading ‘I got a hamster’ brought to you by Diamond Cookieoftruth
Author: Ken
professing myself a bad American…what a week
It started when Islamic terrorists were coming over the Texas border and training in camps to attack the locals. I saw the photos of black-clad baddies with questionable insignias on their outfits, and I knew what I was supposed to believe. This was what we’d been warned about, and here it was coming to pass.… Continue reading professing myself a bad American…what a week
never as right as right now
Here I am at some ungodly hour up in the night waiting for a sporting event to just get started already. And I’m trying to imagine a thing I’d be more excited about…just can’t do it. What about a World Cup Final? If Germany made it all the way to the title game? Been there,… Continue reading never as right as right now
your politics don’t belong here
Driving to a pumpkin patch Taking a dip in a corn bath, which I’ll describe in a sec The butterfly house Digging up sweet potatoes Chatting with the Pendeltons (it’s their farm where the pumpkin patch is, so that’s what you do) Seeing a Monarch butterfly in the wild after seeing a bunch of… Continue reading your politics don’t belong here
wheels up…see you stateside
Off to the States for a wedding, as well as much needed time with family. There’s been so much I’ve wanted to blog about the last several weeks…I’m writing, but it’s just not making it here. The post Oktoberfest season is in full force back home in Munich. The best part of hiking season and… Continue reading wheels up…see you stateside
So, Which Is It?
So much of this I completely agree with. Some of the rhetoric won’t translate well outside the confines of the continental US, but that wasn’t the intended audience. We don’t get to decide racism doesn’t exist anymore. Fat chance. Take a deep breath. Ok, take another one. Now, do something about this for a change.
Curating for @I_amGermany and reminded why I used to enjoy twitter
Quite a week here in Munich. The Oktoberfest is waiting impatiently at the gates like heathen hordes. The skeptical and easily spooked locals are sure terrible things are going to happen at this year’s Biggest Beer Festival in the World. All the while, I’ve been curating the @I_amGermany account over on twitter. I don’t talk… Continue reading Curating for @I_amGermany and reminded why I used to enjoy twitter
ideas about rhinoceros dentists
Rhinos in Munich? Well yes, of course. Saw this old photo, and it reminds me of previous summers hereabouts. Wanted to write something a bit more substantial, but this will have to do at the moment. There’s simply too much living going on to sit down and record any of it. However, this is where I leave… Continue reading ideas about rhinoceros dentists
complain about the weather
A couple of cold sometimes rainy days and the natives are getting restless. ‘Where’d the summer go?‘ they grouse. Last summer it was unbearably hot, and so many people would have none of it. You might insist that it’s human nature to complain about the weather, and of course you’d be on to something, yet… Continue reading complain about the weather
August all to ourselves
Many European cities are empty for the entire month of August. Well, not empty exactly, because there are still plenty of tourists. Yet the locals are gone. None of this is new, by the way. Parisians are notorious for abandoning the City of Light and make a mass exodus to the Côte d’Azur and… Continue reading August all to ourselves