A large central parking space in Oberursel is called “Bleiche” because in times gone by the washerwomen of the town used to wash their linen in the Urselbach and spread the pieces on the meadow to dry and bleach in the sunshine. In 1981 this … Continue reading The Washerwoman of Oberursel
Behind every tired retiree stands a little old lady prodding him to do chores! “Just a tiny hint, dear!” Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lilliputian
This port-a- loo is for the field workers working in the strawberry fields. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Essential
or brewery with a bakery The crest combines both professions, a brewer and a baker. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bakery
The grapes are fed on the conveyer belt from where they fall into the wine press. We were at a wine fest of the co-operative wine-growers association near Neustadt an der Weinstraße. It was held in their big yard, the big machines used in the … Continue reading The Big Grape Feed
I should have a field day with that prompt. I have taught German in South Africa and in Germany, English in Germany and Saudi Arabia. I have a post-grad degree in translation. I’ve always been writing. However, sometimes there is just too much to pick from.
So I’m taking the easy way out and simply advertise my other blog: Refugees welcome, where I write about my joys and tribulations of teaching a language to newcomers to Germany. Many but not all are refugees. Their one unifying quality is that they cannot read or write Latin letters. Some are primary illiterates never having learned to write at all, others are able to write in different scripts. As an added bonus, if you are interested, the blog is written in English and German.
Couldn’t you just see Mal Reynolds bringing in his ship to land? No? How about Nathan Filion? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Serenity
I have a nerd name and I have a hash name (I also have an internet name, i.e. Eklastic, which is a combination of both, jumbled up).
We wear the name around our neck, just in case we might forget it.
At hash meets there are usually haberdashery sellers and they will do the beading for you. Hence, I’ve had a number of necklaces over the years.
To protect the not-so-innocent I’ve blanked out a few letters. If you are interested (I doubt it) you can play a game of wordl to find the full names.
I have a special relationship with rain or rather with rain gutters. My grandfather was a tinsmith and he made gutters. Whenever I see an old gutter on an old house in our town, I wonder if that is his work. It’s a long shot … Continue reading If it Rains, You Need a Gutter
you have little choice but trudge behind them. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Trudge
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