Good evening good folks of the blogosphere. My mind is terribly blank. No particular reason and nothing to worry about but I think I need another cup of tea. Do you want to join me? Gif source: Tenor I am also a bit distracted by a great British comedian. Nerine Skinner is so funny, so…… Continue reading It’s A Blank Mind Today/ Es Ist Ein Leeres Gehirn Heute

Good evening, dear people of the blogosphere. How’s it going? Have you heard about the last installment of the IPCC report? You don’t know what the IPCC is? Let me tell you 😊: it stands for “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” even though I would prefer it if they’d call it the Xtinction Rebellion way:…… Continue reading It’s “Don’t Look Up” Time/ Es Ist “Don’t Look Up” Zeit

Thoughtful Tuesday my fellow humans, I am in a somber mood. I just read an article by German pacifist and former vice-president of the Bundestag Antje Volmer who recently passed away which was shared by the IlseLuise Blog. (It’s in German) Antje Vollmer wrote in the Berliner Zeitung about her feeling of defeat when she…… Continue reading Somber Mood/ Traurige Stimmung

Good evening good people of the blogosphere. How’s it going? I hope you are all well and as alive as I am. Yesterday, I shared with you my bike-riding-conundrum and that I need to go to town today. My jungle mind told me this morning to not tempt fate and to walk into town instead…… Continue reading I Am Still Alive 😁 Ich Bin Noch Am Leben

Hello, good people of the blogosphere. Thanks so much for stopping by and reading my words of non-wisdom 🤣. It’s been a long night and I blame myself for having taken the cancer meds too late which gives me insomnia. A certain fantasy series on Netflix might or might not have been the cause too.…… Continue reading It’s been a long night/ Es war time large Nacht

Oh my, I never knew that! https://youtu.be/VxrL8La1BjM Video credit: Olly Richards via YouTube I knew about the Volga Germans, those in Argentinia and some in the US besides Austria, Switzerland, Belgium & Denmark. But the rest of it? Never heard of them and I didn’t understand a word either. Please stay safe, stay kind and…… Continue reading So you speak German?/Du sprichst also deutsch?

Happy St Patrick’s Day dear people of the blogosphere. I hope you and yours are well. I am at my second cup of tea watching the second season of Shadow & Bone and it’s the second day of funny weather. It’s chucking it down one minute and the next all quiet at the western coast.…… Continue reading Good News 😊Gute Nachrichten

Hello lovelies, how are you doing today? I hope you are well and that you are prepared for St Patrick’s Day tomorrow if you live in a St Patrick’s Day-celebrating country. We are not prepared. Our veg box including two weeks’ worth of baked beans didn’t arrive and the delivery people were not particularly helpful.…… Continue reading Oh, dear/Oh je