Solveig Werner

Author: Solveig

  • In The Attic

    “Where are you?” little Mike called out, no longer motivated to play hide and seek, reluctantly he climbed up the ladder to the attic. His older sister would surely not be hiding up there in the haunted place? “Where are you?” little Mike called out again. “I give up you know,…

  • A List Of Smiles #WeeklySmile

    I am a natural smiler. That means I smile all the time. When I was a teen living in the US, about to move to France, I was advised not to smile in public in Paris, that this would be dangerous for me. Well, it might be dangerous if you cast…

  • If we were having coffee – 16/01/2016

    If we were having coffee, then we would be having a nice cup of tea. It’s your pick, there is so much tea to chose from. We would be listening to some music, as little one loves listening to music. At the moment we are enjoying the album Declaration of Dependence by…

  • The Other Writing In Books

    I opened an old children’s book of mine, my eyes lingered on the golden handwriting, it was dedicated to me by my grandparents as I knew everything about fairies and elves. I smiled, I did not in the slightest remember the book and even less that it had been a…

  • I remember him my own way

    Yesterday, when I checked my phone in the morning, I could not miss the headline of the day, David Bowie had died. I do not have a deep connection with Bowie’s music. It was not the soundtrack of my youth. Still Bowie did make his appearances here or there. 

  • Of Finding Oneself

    Of Finding Oneself Anja closed her eyes. There was just too much going on. Her manager had been stern with her minutes earlier as she had not finished her presentation on time, could he not understand? There was too much going on today. Anja could hear every siren, every striking…

  • If we were having coffee – 9 January 2016

    Come on in, it is so nice to see you again! I won’t give you a hug or do the bises (kisses) as I am fighting a cold. But that won’t keep me from having you over. Would you like a cup of tea or some grape juice, some water? If…

  • An Unexpected Smile – #WeeklySmile

    An Unexpected Smile – #WeeklySmile

    Something yesterday in a situation where no one feels like smiling made me smile.

  • A Day For Kings

    Yesterday (6th of January), was Epiphany or King’s Day, Königstag in German. I had the pleasure of having Robin Rivera as my guest to share her memories and traditions regarding Epiphany. If you missed her beautiful post, the second of Discovering Traditions, then you can read that here. Today, I want to share…

  • Discovering Traditions: Epiphany by Robin Rivera

    Today, is Epiphany and I am happy to welcome back Robin Rivera for this second Discovering Traditions guest post, as well as her second guest appearance on my blog. You can find her advent calendar contribution here, and read the previous Discovering Traditions post by Dr Gulara Vincent about New Year’s here. Epiphany Robin Rivera…

  • Learning to Twitter – Part 1

    As you probably know by now, I hosted a multi-contributor advent calendar in December 2015. There are many things I learnt while playing hostess, and one of them was how to find my way around twitter. I joined twitter in September, just before my first guest appearance and after a…

  • My Colette Surprise 

    If you have traveled to Paris, you might have come across the concept store Colette located in Rue Saint Honoré. If you are a fashionista, then it is rather probable that you know Colette even if you have never been to Paris. Since 1997, the store with the two blue…

  • Traditions are everywhere!

    Traditions are everywhere, every country, region, town, village, even family has a different way of celebrating or honouring their traditions. On the 31st of December 2015, a new series of guest posts was started on my blog, with the first post being New Year’s Eve Celebration Soviet Style by Dr Gulara Vincent. It…

  • If we were having coffee – 2 January 2016

    Welcome to my first coffee post of 2016! What would you like? Some tea (as always there is a huge choice of teas and origins), water, apple juice, milk? I am sorry my great aunt’s Christmas cookies are so good that they are all gone, but I have great pomegranates…

  • 2015 and 2016

    2015 and 2016 Happy New Year! May 2016 be a great year for you, filled with joy, success, love, health, and anything you might wish for! As January is a month named after the god Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, who looks into the future and the past (he’s…