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An American treasure, Wendell Berry, has passed. His poem The Peace of Wild Things, among many, is exquisitely beautiful.
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I hope all goes as smoothly as possible for you during an obviously challenging time.

This was fun to see here on Naxos this morning. Partial lunar eclipse!

My Armenian-Germerican grandchildren (3,7, and 10) are culturally and linguistically Armenian, as is their mother. They were born and are being raised in Yerevan and have thus far not set foot in the US, but via my son have US passports. This affords them privileges, like automatic 90-day stays in t...

It’s finally raining way down yonder, for the day supposedly. This girl from New Orleans loves the sound of rain. Sittin‘ on the balcony, sippin‘ my brew, and lovin‘ it.

AFAIK Trump wants to strip certain naturalized US citizens of their US citizenship, not eliminate dual. We paid attention, since Hubby is naturalized, but we are no longer worried. It‘s the rightwing nut job, Bernie Moreno, who proposed the no-dual citizenship law. Trump didn’t say boo about that. T...

We bought a new toy last Thursday, a Philips combination air fryer and steamer. It’s our first air fryer, which seems to be all the rage among my friends. We have the space for it in the kitchen and can now avoid heating up our oven (not fun in the summer). We are learning how it works by trying som...

It finally rained today in Konstanz, albeit not a lot. The river, and the lake, are both SO dry. It's painful to see the proliferation of algae and the corresponding effects on local wildlife. We desperately need rain.

Gonna drop here gradually this coming week too. We head to Naxos, Greece for the annual family multigenerational beach vacation in a week. So, … it has been cooler there all summer than here, often not above 30. Hubby and I and hubby‘s brother from NY are all psyched, while the crew from 🇦🇲 has to w...

Well, it's been very hot way way down yonder again. The Bodensee is really dry. I went walking from 7:30-9 this morning with a friend to beat the heat. Afternoons are a bear, and when the 17 year old pooch needs a midday potty break I take him along the tree-lined streets and check the asphalt as ne...

Thinking about yesterday evening and our lovely sunset sail on the Bodensee. Friends gifted it to hubby for his 75th, and it was so peaceful and cool out there last night. We got home at 10:45 pm and I slept like a baby. Gotta smile and be glad for friends, nature, and nice experiences.

Today my son and I and the 2 grandkids who are 7 and 10 were trying to explain to the 3,5 year old about how he was connected to Mama via the umbilical cord, and he just wasn’t getting it. Oma had the brilliant idea to demonstrate it using an iPhone charging cord connecting him to Mama. :D Then the ...

Yesterday we had our annual Hausfest im Hof. We live in a 5-story renovated house from 1910. Each story is its own apartment. 17 people attended (2 teens were off doing their thing, as well as 2 young adults who on are on their new journeys). Six nationalities were represented: Armenia, (our 2 older...

Sorry, but on 6/20/26 I was clearly having a senior moment. You are correct, but that day I could only think of myself, the teacher, as having said "I had you in my class/classroom." Scary indeed!

kaffeemitmilch wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 10:11 am Argentina just defended the entire time. Nothing else. Was pretty dull.

Their goalie was the reason the score from Spain wasn't higher. He made some amazing 11 saves!

Perhaps this minced oath, since it's a tongue twister:

Isn't this Kind of old fashioned and used more by adults than kids, and sorta like saying "Jiminy Crickets!" (instead of JC)?

On our way back down south and we have just passed the exit toward Dingolfing. Amazing how the brain works. I must always remind myself that this is not referring to a type of golfing that uses some contraption called a „din“.

GO BRITS !!! 👍👏 Yikes. 😰 That didn‘t work out so well. 😏 Yikes English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 :) I was caught up in the moment and just thought maybe the whole gang was rooting in unison. :lol: I watch sports about once a year at most and there were watch parties here at the Bauernhof where we are vacationing wit...

GO BRITS !!!
Yikes.
That didn‘t work out so well.