How does this relate to you learning enough English so you can communicate with your own little carpet munchers? Maybe you already understand and even speak English when you travel, and you’d just like to practise a bit.
Category: family
Ostern in Germany with a little family
Opa couldn’t make it, so it was just the four of us for a five-day weekend – Easter, or Ostern as the Germans call it. You heard that right. Five whole days with my family, and? No-one has any scars, we didn’t have to go to the emergency room. We’re well fed and generally happy,… Continue reading Ostern in Germany with a little family
Tell me another story about baseball…oh, the humanity
Few Europeans can get into this weird antiquated game that such a small segment of society understands, or even wants to. How to present it to them, when they have little or no context
Shambolic indeed, but things are starting to settle down
shambolic: Word of the Day from Dictionary.com https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/shambolic-2020-06-05/ I’ve been meaning to get back to the blog, and now’s as good a time as any. Miriam’s mom passed last summer right after we had a scare and thought our 14-year-old Ella would die while we were in Italy. The old girl couldn’t make it up… Continue reading Shambolic indeed, but things are starting to settle down
You had a raincoat? and other obvious questions
Good morning 2020 (written early New Year’s Day morning). What a wild ride it’s already been, and I’m still in my pyjamas. My mother, who’s nickname when she was young was ‘Fafa’ so that’s what I call her here, and I have talked briefly, which because of the time difference between here and the States… Continue reading You had a raincoat? and other obvious questions
All of me
It’s been the best of holidays so far, but to badly mangle Tolstoy, it’s been the shittiest of holidays, as well. We knew it’d be weird without those loved ones that we’ve lost since last Christmas. As prepared as we might’ve been emotionally, grief is a weird mistress. She doesn’t play fair. Today, Miriam looked… Continue reading All of me
To be continued…
Well, we didn’t make it to Mahag by Monday morning, as it’d been planned. I suppose Miriam called them, but at this point in such a ridiculous story? I just don’t know. Long story short, you’re begging of me? Other than that we didn’t make it to our appointment? You mean: what happened up until… Continue reading To be continued…
Another chapter in the book of Fafa
The last week has been filled with adventures while my mother was in Germany. She made her annual European trip, which included a week in France, and then she and I met up in Strasbourg before our return to Munich. She loves Munich – as I’ve often mentioned here, we lived here in the… Continue reading Another chapter in the book of Fafa
Arrival of the #familystrip
be peaceful, make peace, and stay true to yourself but not at the expense of other people or their level of comfort
My mom and little Benjamin. At this point, he was the newest addition to the family, and he continues to amaze all of us and ours. He has his dad’s ability to remember minutiae and he’s not shy about you knowing he knows it. He’s a storage container of vast amounts of trivia. Vast. We’re… Continue reading be peaceful, make peace, and stay true to yourself but not at the expense of other people or their level of comfort