Category Archives: Personal

Happy New Year 2025

2025 is already three days old by now and so far, things don’t look too bad, though I am apprehensive about the general election coming up in February. Now I have to admit that I’ve never been a huge fan … Continue reading

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Christmas 2024

It’s been a while since I did a Christmas post, because in the past few years I was either busy with work and holiday preparations or sick on Christmas or both. Initially, it seemed as if Christmas 2024 wouldn’t be … Continue reading

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A Baffled Guardian Writer Discovers the Autobahn – and the Best German Roadtrip Songs

In the Guardian, I came across a piece entitled “‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s Autobahn” by one Tim Jonze, associate editor of culture. It’s a long and rambling essay about Jonze travelling to Germany … Continue reading

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The Obligatory Birthday Post 2024 – with Bonus Skeletor

April 18 was my birthday. And it was a somewhat weird birthday this year, because last year for my birthday I had lunch with my Dad at a local restaurant and then visited my Mom at the care home where … Continue reading

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My Mom, Barbara Buhlert (1942 – 2024)

Once again, this isn’t a post I wanted to write today or any other day. But as some of you may already know, my Mom died February 12, only four and a half months after my Dad. Mom’s death wasn’t … Continue reading

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My Dad, Addy Buhlert (1938 – 2023)

This is not the post I wanted to write today or indeed ever. But on October 1, my Dad died. It was very unexpected, because in spite of some health issues in the past, he had always been very healthy … Continue reading

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Look What the Mailman Brought Me

And yes, our current mail person is a man. Anyway on Thursday, the mailman brought me a padded envelope, which contained the following: It’s my 2022 Hugo finalist certificate, Hugo pin, badge ribbon as well as the invitations for the … Continue reading

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Cora is in the News Again

I was in the local paper Weser Kurier yesterday. Alexandra Penth interviewed me about my Hugo win and wrote a great article about it. You can read the article here, though it is behind a paywall, unless you’re a subscriber … Continue reading

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2022: A Hugo Odyssey

As you probably know, I won a Hugo. However, because Worldcon was in Chicago this year, the trophy was also in Chicago, while I was in Germany. Based on observations from previous years, I expected that it would take a … Continue reading

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I Won a Hugo Award!

You’ll have to wait a bit longer for the 2022 Hugo Winner commentary, because it turns out that I’m one of the winners. That was a huge surprise, because I honestly didn’t think I’d win this year, considering how strong … Continue reading

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