May 25, 20234 min read
Where is the melody? メロディーはどこにある?
2023年5月25日 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, 20236 min read
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2023年5月19日 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, 20237 min read
First Class グリーン車
2023 年 5 月 12 日 Last Saturday, 6th May, was one of the first gloriously warm late spring days in Hessen. 先週の土曜日、5月6日はヘッセン州で最初の暖かい春の日の一つでし...
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May 5, 20234 min read
Double Dutch (2) ダブルダッチ
2023 年 5 月 5 日 Yesterday 昨 (back in Langenランゲンで): It was too much : out of my kitchen window I could see a throng of customers outside...
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May 1, 20235 min read
Double Dutch ダブルダッチ
2023 年 5 月 1 日 Last week I lost my bicycle. 前週, 自転車をくしてしまいました. "How the did you manage that?" I can hear you say. The trouble is that I...
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Apr 28, 20232 min read
Of Kings and things....国王
2023 年 4 月 28 日 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, 20235 min read
Heavens 天
2023 年 4 月 21 日 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, 20234 min read
Deep Dive 潜水
2023 年 4 月 14 日 I have a new friend. 新しい友達がいます......She has always been very nervous and shy, but today she came down off the wall and...
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Apr 7, 20235 min read
Saturday Ritual 土曜日の習慣
2023 年 4 月 8 日 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, 20233 min read
Crazy クレージー
2023 年 3 月 31 日 A colleague of mine recently asked me: "How do you find time to write this blog every week?". 最近、同僚が...
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Mar 24, 20236 min read
Landed in Langen ランゲンに着陸
2023 年 3 月 24 日 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, 20234 min read
Haunted お化け
2023 年 3 月 17 日 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, 20233 min read
The Rest of the World かいがい
2023 年 3 月 10 日 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, 20235 min read
In search of colour 色を求めて
2023 年 3 月 3 日 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, 20233 min read
🕊 Wings and things 翼
2023 年 2 月 24 日 Before I start my blog this week I would like to share this photo with you. It is simply good. 良い. Photo: Svitlana...
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Feb 17, 20237 min read
There is a Film 映画がある
2023 年 2 月 17 日 ".....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, 20238 min read
LVIV
2023 年 2 月 10 日 (published February 2023) This week I am hosting a blog from Svitlana Borzenko, living in exile in Frankfurt, Germany...
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Feb 3, 20233 min read
Good Morning おはよう👋
2023 年 2 月 3 日 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, 20234 min read
How I survived January １月もなんとか乗り切りました
2023 年 1 月 27 日 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, 20235 min read
Tokyo 東京
2023 年 1 月 20 日 I am acutely aware that I only have a few days left in Japan. 日本にいるのはあと数日しかない. So it's time for some art. Every Autumn...
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