Quotation ♦ Zitieren

Siri: “Do you really know what a quote is?” Selma: “A tattoo on the lips.” Siri: “Weißt du, was ein Zitat ist?” Selma: „Klar doch, eine Tätowierung der Lippen.“ When I read Rebecca’s celebration of quotes on her marvellous blog ChasingArt I felt the urge to contradict playing the advocatus diaboli. I am surrounded by …

Unser Ruhepol

“Amundsen hat den Südpol entdeckt. Peary meint, den Nordpol entdeckt zu haben. Und wir sind die offiziellen Entdecker des Ruhepols”. Dina, Klausbernd, Siri und Selma A rural oasis of tranquillity between salt meadows and the sea makes Cley nex the Sea a place of peacefulness. A calm anchor in life and a good spot to …

Memories

“Why make a fuzz about remembering. Forgetting is the challenge.” – Siri and Selma Dina A year ago I discovered an old collection of photos of Klausbernd’s family in a dusty photo album in the attic. It made me smile from ear to ear when I saw a children’s photo of him and his sister. As …

On Languages

How good is your English? Na, wie steht`s mit eurem Englisch? “Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree. Bad English will slam doors you didn’t even know existed.“ Gutes Englisch in Sprache und Schrift öffnet mehr Türen als ein College-Abschluss. Schlechtes Englisch verschließt einem Türen, von denen man …

On the Move

Wonderful news – Klausbernd and our two Bookfayries Siri and Selma from kbvollmarblog are on their way to this blog! All ready and set to move in! 🙂 As from January 2014 the four of us will run this blog together. Why? You can read all about  here, also in German for our German readers. …