Category Archives: Personal

Away for a few days – and a video from the Leipzig Book Fair

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Cora

Today was the last day of school. Luckily, it wasn’t too exhausting – though many of my 9th-graders still didn’t practice the vocabulary they’ve been supposed to practice for two weeks now. From tomorrow on I’ll be in Yorkshire for … Continue reading →

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A bit of searchterm weirdness and a great link

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Cora

For some reason, several people reached my site today by googling the name of a certain German politician and secretary in Angela Merkel’s cabinet in connection with “imcompetence”. Now I don’t recall ever having called said politician imcompetent in these … Continue reading →

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Small World

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday evening, I attended Riverbank City, an English language music plus poetry event at the Bremen House of Sciences. Now I’ve been hanging out at the fringes of the Bremen literature scene for years and so I met a couple … Continue reading →

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Random Post for a Tired Day

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Cora

Apparently, it’s Read an E-Book Week, so if you’d like to try one of mine, I have plenty available in various genres and at reasonable prices. Of course, I want to publish more e-books. And while I still have a … Continue reading →

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Birdnest

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Cora

In sixth grade, I built a bird nest box at school. I wasn’t particularly keen on that – “Build a nest box” simply happened to be the only non-sport after-school activity that was available. But even though I wasn’t particularly … Continue reading →

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A nasty aphthous ulcer and a neat link

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Cora

I’m feeling out of sorts, because I’ve got a headache and a really nasty aphthous ulcer on the side of my tongue. I get aphthous ulcers from time to time and usually I can manage them pretty well. This one, … Continue reading →

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No blog tonight, dear – I’ve got a headache

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Cora

Yes, I’ve really got a headache, thanks to the continuing high air pressure, which does not agree with me at all. And the very noisy and very energetic fifth-graders I had to teach yesterday afternoon didn’t help either. One of … Continue reading →

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Of Brides and Bikers

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Cora

Today, I visited the annual Oldenburg Motorbike Show with my Dad. Apparently, this is the sixteenth year of the show and I have been visiting the event almost as long. Check out my post on last year’s show. There usually … Continue reading →

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Reconsidering my place in the local literary scene

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Cora

After two days of concentrated teen drama (two fifth-graders hitting each other with fallen branches found in the schoolyard and a crying fourteen-year-old lamenting that nobody likes her), I spent last night at the bilingual Brückenschläge reading at the Café … Continue reading →

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Shameless Self-Promo Post 2: Awards Pimping Post

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Cora

Because one self-promo post per weekend obviously isn’t enough. Anyway, you know the drill, cause you’ve probably seen those awards pimpage posts on every other blog these days. Basically, it’s nomination time for the big genre awards such as the … Continue reading →

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