We recently showed Christine’s grandparents photos from our trip to the U.S. One of the photos was of Christine holding Chip’s pistol, which we took, just because she’d never had a gun in her hands in Germany. Her grandfather (who, I might add, has had justifiable reason in his life not to be a friend [...]
Time, say the islanders, takes out the fire but leaves in the warmth. My love bought me an amazing Christmas present.
Maus and Momo Now they even have their own web gallery. Just what every cat always wanted. In case you were wondering when you’d get to see them.
Yesterday my mother-in-law brought our plants back (they were at her house for care during our vacation) and inspected the cats. She told me we’d have to check which plants were poisonous for cats, but was certain that Ficus wasn’t. And that’s great, because we have two of them. The problem is that the living [...]
The Crowleys in America You know that we’re back, but did you know we took photos? (Okay, if you know us, you just assumed there were good photos taken.) I’ve only done the preliminary sorting, but I pared it down to one hundred and eighty-six photos–mainly of people, not so much of places–for your viewing [...]
So, we got home safe and sound. . . but very tired. Somehow, my tricks to ‘fool’ myself into sleeping on the airplane never work and I wind up beat the next day. But, Christine has to work tomorrow morning and I have to be functioning early on Tuesday, so sleeping all day wasn’t an [...]
One of the things I hope I never forget about this trip is the visit we made to a Chinese restaurant in NYC. We’d been frustrated for a while, cold, and hungry. When we saw the prices posted outside, we felt obligated to stop in, and were glad we did. Not only did the waiter [...]
So, tomorrow we’re flying “home” to Dresden. It’s strange to think of flying “home” when you’re sitting in the bedroom you grew up in. But, I guess that’s what growing up does to you. I think that, when we’re in Dresden, I’ll have time to do some more posts on our favorite and least favorite [...]