This port-a- loo is for the field workers working in the strawberry fields. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Essential
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Bakery with a brewery
or brewery with a bakery The crest combines both professions, a brewer and a baker. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bakery
The Big Grape Feed
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
Writing, Reading and Teaching
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.
Before or After the Storm?
Couldn’t you just see Mal Reynolds bringing in his ship to land? No? How about Nathan Filion? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Serenity
Beaded Necklaces
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.
If it Rains, You Need a Gutter
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
When all Your Friends Walk Faster than You
you have little choice but trudge behind them. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Trudge
Spoilt for Choice
The wines on offer – all from the same vintner – can vary. The decision to pick a bottle from the vending machine is a tough one. Double dipping for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Tough and FOWC with Fandango: Vary
Thinking Woman with Bird
In front of the local hospital is this intriguing sculpture. The artist is Jürgen Goertz. I find sculptures in public places difficult to photograph because of the background intruding. It’s difficult to work with depth of field if you want to get the whole sculpture … Continue reading Thinking Woman with Bird
