[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFvJgjmW1nQThis must be the coldest, wettest, dreariest summer in history in Central Europe. The gardens are lush and green, weeds are sprouting, and the slugs are having a field day. Warm days are a rarity, and most people put on a coat when they leave the house – preferably a raincoat. There was … it…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBVUulE_woI went to see Source Code, director Duncan Jones’s second full-length feature, lured with the promise of a time loop, one of my favorite science fiction plotlines ever. What I got was an excellent film: Lots of excitement (after all, a train explodes repeatedly) but no over-the-top action, a clever plot with only smallish inconsistencies…
Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, my husband and I had planned to do some work in the garden. But then, punctually at three, it began to pour. This was excellent, as it had been much too dry here recently. Even better, we suddenly found ourselves with time on hour hands. We didn’t look for any other chores…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAzwUhXnzs… is my earworm of the day. I am feeling a certain restlessness at the moment, and the song captures this emotion just perfectly. In addition, I love the old A-ha songs. (They remind me of my youth!) – Rike Horstmann
When I saw the footage of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to the Republic of Ireland, my first thought was not about what a historic date this was, and now wonderful the two countries can take another step towards reconciliation and forgiveness, but … wow, what a hat! My next thought was, I want a hat…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuusuKxaB4… is my earworm of the day. I recently discovered that Jim Steinman is the composer not only of several great Meat Loaf songs, but also of Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out for a Hero and Celine Dion’s It’s All Coming Back to Me Now, both of which I like immensely.
Over Easter, I spent a week in England, and probably one of the most useful pieces of knowledge I brought back with me is what sizes I wear in the UK. No, seriously. I like to order clothes online now and then, and sizes (which are different in what feels like every single European country)…
Yesterday I visited the Bundesgartenschau in Koblenz. Koblenz is a lovely city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, and Bundesgartenschau can be translated as National Garden Show. There are three venues across the town: one around a palace, the other around an ancient church, and the third inside a huge castle on…
Every year, some time before Easter my husband begins to grumble that we do not have any Easter decorations out yet. I suggest he take care of it; he grumbles some more that we should do it together. So out the colored eggs and wooden bunnies come, and once the decorations are finished, I quite…
For my trip to England later this month, I find myself in need of a coat. I got a lovely weatherproof, knee-length quilted coat which I wear on my bike all winter, but alas this will probably, hopefully be far too warm for late April in Cornwall. So now I am looking for a knee-length…
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