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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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Writing Links for the New Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Cora

I took down the Christmas decorations today and dropped by at my parents to testdrive the output of their brand-new fancy Italian coffeemaker. The latte macchiato was good. So was the cappuccino. And now for some writing links: On Jay … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day 2012 and a look back on 2011

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Cora

After not getting a whole lot of sleep last night, I had to get up fairly early today, because on new year’s day we always visit some friends of my parents at Teufelsmoor just north of Bremen. First we went … 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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Christmas reading, writing and selling

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Cora

Boxing Day was largely uneventful. My Mom made something tasty with tiger prawns, tomato, olives and feta cheese for lunch. My parents went for a walk this afternoon, but I stayed in. The weather didn’t really inspire me to go … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve 2011

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Cora

Tonight – well, last night – was Christmas Eve. And since Christmas Eve is the main event here in Germany, we already lit up the tree and opened the presents. Unlike last year’s very white Christmas, this year’s was wet … Continue reading →

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A Surfeit of Salmon – and some links

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Cora

There are two things we’ve really had enough of this December. One is storms and rain. Here in Northern Germany, December is always a stormy month. I don’t even put any outdoors Christmas decorations up anymore, because in past years … 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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I accidentally discover the cure for aphthous ulcers – and another e-book post

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Cora

I have accidentally found out that Sichuan pepper, which has some mouth numbing qualities, is a lot more effective in getting rid of the pain associated with aphthous ulcers than the special tincture I normally use. This is worth remembering, … Continue reading →

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I’m really bloody sick of cake

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday afternoon, I had to go to family birthday with coffee, tea and cake. These occasions are always stressful and tiring for me, because I am an introvert, so being with other people is tiring for me, even if I … Continue reading →

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