- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Where is the melody?ใใกใญใใฃใผใฏใฉใใซใใ?
2023ๅนด5ๆ25ๆฅ The other day I was in the kitchen and this suddenly reached my ears on the radio.....Schubert's Impromptu Nr.3 Op. 90. - an...
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- May 19
- 6 min
.............๐ฅ
2023ๅนด5ๆ19ๆฅ Fancy a glass of cool milk on a hot day? Maybe flavoured with banana or strawberry? I've been walking in the Rhine valley and...
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- May 12
- 7 min
First Class ใฐใชใผใณ่ป
2023 ๅนด 5 ๆ 12 ๆฅ Last Saturday, 6th May, was one of the first gloriously warm late spring days in Hessen. ๅ
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- May 5
- 4 min
Double Dutch (2) ใใใซใใใ
2023 ๅนด 5 ๆ 5 ๆฅ Yesterday ๆจ (back in Langenใฉใณใฒใณใง): It was too much : out of my kitchen window I could see a throng of customers outside...
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- May 1
- 5 min
Double Dutch ใใใซใใใ
2023 ๅนด 5 ๆ 1 ๆฅ Last week I lost my bicycle. ๅ้ฑ, ่ช่ปข่ปใใใใฆใใพใใพใใ. "How the did you manage that?" I can hear you say. The trouble is that I...
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- Apr 28
- 2 min
Of Kings and things....ๅฝ็
2023 ๅนด 4 ๆ 28 ๆฅ A mischievous musician has just given me a tin of shortbread....delicious, except that I had to adapt the design on the...
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- Apr 20
- 5 min
Heavens ๅคฉ
2023 ๅนด 4 ๆ 21 ๆฅ Guten Morgen. Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen? Good Morning. How can I help you? This post is going to be difficult to put into...
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- Apr 14
- 4 min
Deep Dive ๆฝๆฐด
2023 ๅนด 4 ๆ 14 ๆฅ I have a new friend. ๆฐใใๅ้ใใใพใ......She has always been very nervous and shy, but today she came down off the wall and...
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- Apr 7
- 5 min
Saturday Ritual ๅๆๆฅใฎ็ฟๆ ฃ
2023 ๅนด 4 ๆ 8 ๆฅ I push on the solid, generous brushed steel handle of the glass door and enter. A flood of warmth, laced with the homely...
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- Mar 31
- 3 min
Crazy ใฏใฌใผใธใผ
2023 ๅนด 3 ๆ 31 ๆฅ A colleague of mine recently asked me: "How do you find time to write this blog every week?". ๆ่ฟใๅๅใ...
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- Mar 24
- 6 min
Landed in Langen ใฉใณใฒใณใซ็้ธ
2023 ๅนด 3 ๆ 24 ๆฅ I was writing about griffins in my post last week. Today I found one. But it was long since dead....
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- Mar 18
- 4 min
Haunted ใๅใ
2023 ๅนด 3 ๆ 17 ๆฅ Anyone who can remember reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will remember an awful scene when Harry's friend...
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- Mar 10
- 3 min
The Rest of the World ใใใใ
2023 ๅนด 3 ๆ 10 ๆฅ I was very nearly not writing a post this week, having just driven with the car to the UK and back for a major family...
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- Mar 3
- 5 min
In search of colour ่ฒใๆฑใใฆ
2023 ๅนด 3 ๆ 3 ๆฅ Last week I was bemoaning the lack of colour in modern architecture. There is a lot of white around these days in Germany....
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- Feb 24
- 3 min
๐ Wings and things ็ฟผ
2023 ๅนด 2 ๆ 24 ๆฅ Before I start my blog this week I would like to share this photo with you. It is simply good. ่ฏใ. Photo: Svitlana...
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- Feb 17
- 7 min
There is a film ๆ ็ปใใใ
2023 ๅนด 2 ๆ 17 ๆฅ ".....When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me - Speaking words of wisdom, let it be...." sang...
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- Feb 10
- 8 min
LVIV
This week I am giving over my blog space to Svitlana, who has been living in exile in Frankfurt since early last year. It has been...
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- Feb 3
- 3 min
Good Morning ใใฏใใ๐
2023 ๅนด 2 ๆ 3 ๆฅ Last Monday, I got a desperate call from a local school. A water pipe had burst, flooding the instrument storeroom. Now...
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- Jan 27
- 4 min
How I survived January ๏ผๆใใชใใจใไนใๅใใพใใ
2023 ๅนด 1 ๆ 27 ๆฅ As I write this post, January is drawing to a close, and my writing is catching up with the current date: January 27th,...
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- Jan 20
- 5 min
Tokyo ๆฑไบฌ
2023 ๅนด 1 ๆ 20 ๆฅ I am acutely aware that I only have a few days left in Japan. ๆฅๆฌใซใใใฎใฏใใจๆฐๆฅใใใชใ. So it's time for some art. Every Autumn...
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