Midnight Adventure
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Let me ask you this: how many times have you used a door knob to open a door? More than once per day, I’m guessing. Am I right? Good. Now, during how many of those times have you thought about … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Star ‘Shroom
As you know, Chris and I went walking near the Neckar River last weekend – I’ve been posting photos I took from there all week. But we also took a walk down at the other end of town, to an … Continue reading
Not quite unexpected
So after taking the photo that was in yesterday’s post, I looked to my left and noticed a nice photo op of some folks in a Stocherkahn, the punting boats that are popular here in Tübingen.
Scene in the River
The swan yesterday was on a branch of the Neckar River, not far from where it hooks up with the main part of the river. Standing with my back to the swan, I looked out and saw the following scene … Continue reading
‘Swanderful
It didn’t take us two years to cross the Neckarbrücke, of course. But on Saturday Chris and I ventured off the main road on the other side of the bridge from where we normally walk, the first time we’ve done … Continue reading
Ist was Doc?
As I’ve said in the past, and reconfirmed last Friday with some of the photos I posted, Tübingen is like a fairy tale town. So, you might think that my daily life is like that in a fairy tale, you … Continue reading
Look to the past
Sunday will mark exactly two years since Chris and I moved to Tübingen, Germany. As always when we reach one of this little time milestones, I just can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by.
Feeling Sluggish
I remember seeing giant banana slugs years ago when we visited the campus of the University of Santa Cruz in California. The paths through campus were crawling — if that’s the right word — with these pretty, albeit slimy, bright … Continue reading
The Right Perspective
Take a look at the follow photo – do you see the metal thing on the top of the fairy-tale like turret roof? It looks like a figure with its arms outstretched, doesn’t it:
The Happy German Wanderer
I remember back in elementary school we would periodically sing from a folk-song book. I had thought at the time that all the songs were American folk songs – if the song book said otherwise, I didn’t notice or retain … Continue reading