R is for Rose – A to Z Challenge April 2015

This is a continuation of "L is for Leaving". Nora laid the dried roses into a brown shoebox. The roses were a present from Peter from when they started going out, from when they still lived in the same town. Now months later, with many train hours between Nora and Peter, the roses in this … Continue reading R is for Rose – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

Q is for Questions – A to Z Challenge April 2015

It is important to ask questions. Without asking questions we will not learn more, or we will not learn the things that we want that truly interest us. In the Book "Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder, the importance of questions is underlined. I read the book more than ten year ago, and still recall the … Continue reading Q is for Questions – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

P is for Penguin – A to Z Challenge April 2015

"Thank you", I heard a fragile voice say. I looked around, I could see no one who could have spoken to me, after all I just got home, but no one else was there yet. "I am here", I heard the voice again, I looked down into my arms, the penguin that I was carrying looked into … Continue reading P is for Penguin – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

O is for Oma – A to Z Challenge April 2015

Oma, Omi, Omama short for Großmutter or Großmama, are the names that are given to Grandmothers in German speaking countries, and I have over the years found out that people with a German grandmother, or one of German origin tend to call her "Oma" too. The term Oma is often used to describe an elderly woman in … Continue reading O is for Oma – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

N is for Nothing – A to Z Challenge April 2015

No, I was not going to use the word nothing to write nothing in this post. I am actually interested in what nothing means, how the concept of nothing works. Does nothing exist? Or can nothing exist? How can we define nothing? Do we actually know what nothing is? If I would have written nothing for this post, wellyou would all say: "her post contains nothing". … Continue reading N is for Nothing – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

Halfway Into the A to Z Challenge – Inspirational Insomnia – Thank You All

Wow, I cannot believe it! We are already half way through the A to Z Challenge, and up to now I have managed to post every day. Today's post is ready to go, but before that I want to give you a recap post on the challenge. I just woke up from a very short … Continue reading Halfway Into the A to Z Challenge – Inspirational Insomnia – Thank You All →

M is for Mistakes – A to Z Challenge April 2015

Mistakes are meant to be made.We all make mistakes. Sometimes they have disastrous consequences. Sometimes they are nothing more than a language mistake. We are meant to learn from our mistakes, and from the mistakes of others. If we do not talk about our mistakes, someone else might make them in the future. After all we … Continue reading M is for Mistakes – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

L is for Leaving – A to Z Challenge April 2015

"Another kiss, just one before you leave me!" she heard Peter shout one last time, but it was too late, she was leaving him behind, it was over. A few hours earlier Nora was crying. She was sitting on Peter's bed, packing her old-fashioned suitcase. Looking up, she saw Peter standing in the door, he was … Continue reading L is for Leaving – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

K is for Kakadu – A to Z Challenge April 2015

Ungefähr zu dem Zeitpunkt als ich mit der Grundschule anfing, fing ich auch an regelmäßig Radio zu hören, genauer gesagt täglich. Denn ich hörte die Kindersendung Kakadu im Deutschlandradio, jeden Tag um 13:35, dann um 13:30 und sogar Sonntags brachte mich meine Liebe zu dieser Sendung früh aus dem Bett. Wir hatten keinen Fernsehen und so war … Continue reading K is for Kakadu – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →

J is for Jump – A to Z Challenge April 2015

"Just go ahead and do it already!" Someone barked from behind Josephine. She looked around into a frog like face. "Erm," she stammered looking scared with her hands gripping the railing as if her life was at risk, "you go ahead". The unfriendly boy passed looking at her as if she was the biggest looser. … Continue reading J is for Jump – A to Z Challenge April 2015 →