Tag Archives: family

Are Mother’s and Father’s Day outdated?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Cora

This year, Germans are experiencing the fairly unusual constellation that Mother’s Day (May 13) and Father’s Day (a.k.a. Ascension Day, which is on May 17) take place in the same week. Now I’ve never been a big fan of Mother’s … Continue reading →

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Birthday Photos Redux

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Cora

Today, I finally got to have that birthday lunch with my parents and aunt and uncle that was scheduled for last week, but had to be postponed due to my aunt having a doctor appointment. In fact, I lucked out … Continue reading →

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What I did this Saturday

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Cora

I’m rather tired right now, though Amazon willing there will be another update later tonight. However, today my Mom celebrated her 70th birthday (her actual birthday was on Wednesday), which meant a lot of talking to a lot of relatives … Continue reading →

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The Daily Political Post

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday was the memorial ceremony for the ten victims of the Neo-Nazi terror group NSU complete with a national minute of silence at 12 o’clock. Our school participated in the minute of silence and it went reasonably well, though minutes … 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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New Year’s Night 2011/2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Cora

2012 is already around six hours old and the crystal ball dropped on Times Square approx. 13 minutes ago. So here’s a happy new year to all my readers! I’m not a party person and so this was supposed to … Continue reading →

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The Plight of the Playboy Hero

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Cora

I’m still at my parents’. This afternoon, we went to visit my aunt at the care home where she lives. She had lots of other visitors during the holidays, so we figured we’d visit her sometime between Christmas and New … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Cora

I didn’t see yesterday’s spectacular lightshow that lit up the evening sky over much of Germany as well as Belgium and France. However, the streak of light was neither Santa on his sleigh nor the Star of Bethlehem (it appeared … Continue reading →

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Cora attends a biker meeting and gets a Tiptree

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Cora

Today was the annual Christmas biker meet-up at a local motorbike dealer. I went along with my Dad as usual. The band was pretty good this year (though loud) and the free food wasn’t bad either, though sadly they got … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for my Grandpa’s Birthday

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Cora

Today is my grandpa’s birthday. He would have been 102. I still remember his birthday almost thirty years after he died, because when we went to visit my grandpa for his birthday, my cousins and I always got a chocolate … Continue reading →

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