This post is the second post in a two-part epic where I recount an absolute Kladderadatsch of a group project story. I try to avoid posting two words from the same language in a row, but as with Verschlimmbesserung before it, I simply couldn't resist this unfortunately perfect 2020 word. You can read the first …
Tag: German
Verschlimmbesserung
2020 is a disaster. We entered into this new decade optimistic and excited, talking about the "Roaring Twenties" of yester-century — and now, after just eight months, we're only one horseman short of the Apocalypse. (For those keeping score at home, so far we have Pestilence, Death, and Famine; I don't even want to think …
Besinnlich
It's so easy to get caught up in the rush of life. It's tempting to fret about the little things, particularly as the holiday season approaches at full pelt — down-to-the-minute travel plans, scrambling to wrap up business at work in preparation for the end of the year, trying desperately to find a way to …
Aufbruchstimmung
Moving is something of a phenomenon. It’s not just something you do — it’s a state of mind and a state of being. You find yourself physically and mentally caught between two phases of your life, living neither completely here nor completely there, looking back and at the same time forward. There are a lot …
Mahlzeit
Lunch is my favorite part of the day. On weekdays, it's a break from work and a celebration of having made it halfway through the day; on weekends, when my day often starts much later, it's the first real step into the day ahead of me and a chance to soak up the anticipation of …
Frühjahrsmüdigkeit
Theoretically, spring is now upon us. I've already started to see robins, who I trust to tell me the season more than I do the calendar, and there have been a couple of days so far when it was almost warm enough to go outside without a jacket. Unfortunately, though, I live in a part …
Verbomania 