Always honour the old, you won't stay a child forever,
they were what your are and you will be what they are now.
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Wisdom on the wall
Bloom and nude
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bloom
A tree.
A short synopsis of the history of the Weinheim cedar: The Weinheim Castle manages to just top the Libanon cedar in front. It’s an impressive tree – it was named as a national heritage tree, an honour it shares with only 44 other trees in … Continue reading A tree.
Winter hydrangea
For Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
Escape and all that jazz
Louis was an octogenarian, imprisoned by his children in a bargain clinic. Escape was going to be difficult. It was in the middle in a swamp. They had even taken away his belt. But Louis was resourceful. He took some spaghetti noodles and threaded them through the slings making a decent pair of dungarees. He’d pass as a janitor. The break-out was on!
#Can you Tell a Story in … 63 words: noodles clinic swamp dungarees octogenerian bargain
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Who was the ringleader?
Sheep follow their frontman or rather, front-sheep. If he or she takes a wrong turn, they all go wrong.
Two days ago in a small town in Frankonia a group of sheep got separated from their main group. And the ewe in front decided to go shopping. She was the catalyst that let about 50 sheep into a discount supermarket. Ironically, the chain of markets operates with the slogan: “First, go to Penny!”
Watch the event here.
Ready, steady, goal!
My resolution for the coming year: look and check before you invest time and effort. And if I goof up anyway –> I will laugh about it. I was checking for the first Wednesday Quote for 2026 and thought I had found it: Planning ahead … Continue reading Ready, steady, goal!
The trouble with tallies
I use tallies to communicate numbers with my illiterate, non-German speaking students. Easy, I thought before the first time I tried it. I had to learn that tallying – you know, four vertical lines and one diagonal one signifies five – is not a universal concept. Even the ones that had some schooling do not know the concept. Quite a few have a hard time understanding and learning it.
PS re: the title – Yes, I just had a famous episode of Star Trek on my you tube feed.
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