“Hello, can you help me please,” I implore in my bad German as I skid up to a suited gentleman at a bus stop. He appears startled, and backs further onto the sidewalk. I’m on my Aunt Sieglinde’s garden bike, a sturdy three-speed with no […]
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Busybody Nature Lady By Lizzie Roberts
Last week the old wall to the neighboring garden was torn down. There was a gap at one end, where kids used to climb a wobbly makeshift set of steps to explore the other side. The steps have been carted away and the clematis that […]
Living in a Painting by Alexandra Ridinger
Travel Photos from Germany. A Different Side of Hamburg: The Elbphilharmonie sits on the Elbe Rive in Hamburg. Taken on a night cruise, the light and reflections make the beauty of the building stand out. Berlin Remembrance: Taken at Bebelplatz, the window in the ground stands […]
Le Tour by R. F. Hamm
On the spur of the moment, I would see a stage of the Tour de France. My wife Anette, my son Ben (well into his 12thyear), and I were just ending a vacation in the Netherlands and Belgium and were on our way to Germany […]
