Tag Archives: food

New Year’s Night 2015/2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Cora

2016 is approximately five hours old where I am, so a Happy New Year to all readers and followers of this blog. As always, WordPress/Jetpack offer a yearly report and the 2015 report for this blog may be found here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Colony of Groots and the Quest for Star Wars Toys

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Cora

I didn’t have school today, but I went out anyway to run some errands and do some grocery shopping for the holidays. This wasn’t the main pre-holiday grocery haul – that’s on Wednesday. But I was glad to get some … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Personal | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Seasonal Views of Bremen 2015

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Cora

Yesterday, I didn’t have school, so I took the chance to go to Bremen and take a stroll over the Christmas market. And since I was in Bremen already, I had lunch at the Übersee Restaurant, their lunch special of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Obligatory Birthday Post 2015

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Cora

So today (well, yesterday actually) was my birthday. Since my parents had to go to the 50th birthday of a colleague of my Dad’s in the evening, I had lunch with them instead at a local Thai restaurant (which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Film, Personal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Cora does a podcast interview and other mixed updates

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Cora

First of all, I’ve been interviewed by Señor Rolando for the podcast Büchergefahr (book danger) and talk a bit about writing, indie publishing and pulp fiction. You can listen to the podcast here. Alas, it’s only in German. Meanwhile, yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Personal | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Happy New Year 2015

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Cora

Here in Germany, the New Year is almost twelve hours old already, so time for the first post of 2015. And if you’re looking for something to read, the good folks at OmniLit/All Romance e-books are running a New Year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Christmas Eve 2014

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Cora

First of all, a merry Christmas or other applicable seasonal holiday to all my readers and blog visitors. Yesterday was a typically wet and mild North German Christmas Eve. I’m with my parents, as usual. Luckily, I didn’t have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Personal | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

It came from the compost heap or The mystery plant from outer space

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Cora

As you may or may not know, we have a vegetable garden. We also have a compost heap. And sometimes, plants sprout in said compost heap, which is only natural, since compost is intended for fertilizing. Most of the time, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Personal | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Of She-Hulk, Romance and Soylent Green – The Latest on Gender and Genre

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Cora

While I was away (photos coming soon), the controversies about gender and genre didn’t dry up. I already blogged about the all women Nebula winner slate and how the usual suspects are pissed off about that. If you can stand … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Comics, Film, Links | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Photos: A May Day outing to the East Friesian seaside

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Cora

May 1st, i.e. International Workers’ Day, is a public holiday in Germany, so we took the opportunity for a day trip to the East Friesian seaside. Now the people of East Friesia have (unfairly) been the butt of jokes for … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments