Category Archives: Germany

A peek at Potsdam

Posted on November 7, 2022 by arleebug54

We’ve had what the Germans call a “Golden October” this year, continuing to linger on still in to the first cool days of November. My environmental dashboard notes that this is perhaps more than we Northern Europeans actually deserve; that … Continue reading →

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A Quick Look at Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Posted on September 18, 2021 by arleebug54

If you know me personally, you know that I have recently suffered the loss of my dear friend J. You may have seen references to her throughout this blog, and if you have the inclination to go back to 2013-2015, … Continue reading →

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A sliver of Stralsund

Posted on July 3, 2020 by arleebug54

This is the final post covering my lovely little mini-holiday last month in northern Germany, written in a bit of a rush today because I am preparing to teach my first-ever online course over Zoom. I know this is old … Continue reading →

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A Whisper of Wismar

Posted on July 1, 2020 by arleebug54

Trigger alert: This post, and perhaps the next, will feature an ungodly amount of red brick. I can’t help it, truly I can’t. Red brick was the preferred building material for much of northern Europe for a very long time … Continue reading →

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A slice of Schleswig and a hint of Haithabu

Posted on June 27, 2020 by arleebug54

As I mentioned in a previous post, T and I were moving pretty fast this trip, and I must confess that part of my eagerness to tell these stories is to give me a chance to reflect a bit more … Continue reading →

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Lucky Little Glückstadt

Posted on June 26, 2020 by arleebug54

In a world still struggling to come to terms with a whole host of “new normals,” I feel extremely privileged to live in a country that has the virus mostly under control. In celebration of that fact, T and I … Continue reading →

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Binge-walking the Christmas Markets

Posted on December 11, 2019 by arleebug54

I’ve been pretty Scrooge-like for most of my adult life, shunning Christmas celebrations and festivities with a vengeance, due in large part to a combination of odd family dynamics and disillusionment about Christianity in general and its gross commercialization in … Continue reading →

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A wedding in Hamburg

Posted on September 28, 2019 by arleebug54

I’ve just returned from a lovely family weekend in the outskirts of Hamburg, and since it was both charming AND a bit of a departure from any other wedding I’ve ever been to, I decided to share it with you. … Continue reading →

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Naked with strangers

Posted on July 30, 2019 by arleebug54

Spoiler alert…this is not a post that will be rife with nude pictures. If that’s your interest, move along now, no reason to tarry. To say I grew up in a prim and proper family with few PDAs (public displays … Continue reading →

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The Power of Pleasures and the Growth of Gratitude

Posted on June 30, 2019 by arleebug54

Just this past week, June 25, 2019 to be precise, The Atlantic magazine ran an article entitled “The Yale Happiness Class, Distilled,” by Joe Pinsker. In it he reports that this year’s Aspen Institute hosted Laurie Santos, the Yale psychology … Continue reading →

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