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Happy Anniversary!
It has been a year since the world locked down, or so the news media has been telling me. Responses varied from country to country of course, with some having introduced strict restrictions before March. When I searched for images commemorating the pandemic anniversary, these came up. Well, others too, but these ones made me […]
Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day – which is much more celebrated in Europe than North America. I was wondering why that is. Are women (and men) in North America too busy to celebrate? Or is it seen as an unnecessary event, on par with National Asparagus Day? (I’m sure I don’t have to remind you […]
A Sad Anniversary
The big topic here, as everywhere else in the past year, has been COVID-19. I’ve probably dedicated 20 posts to the pandemic, though manty of them were humorous. Despite vaccination programs, the end doesn’t seem that close. It was one year ago today that I gave an entire post to COVID. I had mentioned the […]
A Local Hero
Ever heard of Johann Peter Hebel? Neither had I. But he has a park named after him in Lorrach. Being curious, I looked him up online once I got home. No wonder I never heard of him. He was a writer, teacher and theologian who wrote in Alemmanic. That’s a local German dialect that I […]
Just For Fun
I was looking at old travel photos earlier today, debating if I wanted to share some. I can’t decide if it is a good idea. In these days of travel restrictions it seems a little cruel to talk about places we can’t visit. Yet at the same time they bring back good memories and warm […]
Mobile Phone Blues
Walking through the Black Forest late Monday afternoon between the villages of Muggart and Laufen I realized my phone just doesn’t do what I want it to. An upgrade would seem to be required – but the feature I feel is missing is probably decades away. It isn’t the quality of the camera, as you […]
Quarantine Nightmares
Was having an email discussion with a friend yesterday about COVID-19, pandemics, lockdowns, restrictions on rights and the necessity for quarantine. His idea was that quarantines help prevent the spread of COVID-19. I won’t reproduce our discussion, except to note that at one point he mentioned Typhoid Mary the American woman who infected dozens of […]
Buying Bitcoin
Have you got yours? People are making millions! Some are losing millions, but we don’t hear as much about that in the daily financial news. Cyrptocurrencies are the rage and everyone wants to invest. But do they understand what they are doing? A few years ago one Bitcoin would buy you a pizza. Now it […]
Thursday’s COVID Smiles
These days we all need something to laugh at – or with. But if we, did people would complain about our leaders jumping the queue. Though during a pandemic, wouldn’t we want to make sure the people in charge could do their job?
Government Logic
What restrictions has the government put on you during this pandemic. Do they make sense? I understand the need to limit the spread of COVID-19. but there are times I question the methodology chosen by our political leaders. Most of the time they seem to be stumbling in the dark, without much of a clue […]
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