It’s not quite time yet for the Eurovision contest to be heating up. But Cascada, the group that performed last year’s Germany entry, popped up recently in the most unlikely of places and it seemed worthy of a mention here … Continue reading
I’m adding a new series to the blog starting today called Monday Mysteries. It was inspired by a book that Chris and I ran across recently which talks about 50 secret places or little-known stories that “solve” the mysteries of things … Continue reading
That star photo I posted on January 6th was actually one of a series of photos I took recently with star as the subject. Our photography group had that as a theme, and so Chris and I walked around Tübingen … Continue reading
Chris and I were recently walking in a different part of the nearby park near the Ammer River here in Tübingen when we unexpectedly spotted our little heron friend.
So I was looking for arches a few weeks ago when our photography group had that as a theme. While lots of buildings around here do have some archway openings, my favorite photo of the set I took for that … Continue reading
So the other night Chris was clicking around the dial, and he ran across a show that was showing clips of American silent movies.
So, did you trot out any traditions with which to celebrate the start of the new year? Chris and I started out December 31, 2013 in London, where we had gone for a long weekend getaway between Christmas and New … Continue reading
While we were in Hamburg last month, I heard the story of how one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons, C.P.E. Bach, was actually more famous during his lifetime than his father had been in his own lifetime. Interesting. Although I … Continue reading
It’s time for Food on Friday: today’s topic is making cappuccino at home in Tübingen.
On a particularly frosty morning today I was passing by the tiny bridge over the Ammer River and spotted an unexpectedly familiar sight. For standing there in the water and rocks at the edge of the river was our heron … Continue reading