2021-04-30

Our backyard took a couple of evolutionary leaps

Over the years, our backyard has gone from being a child’s playground to a next-level outdoor gym that everyone can enjoy. Oh, and we have bunnies.

Yes, bunnies. Their names are Wakame (female, brown and white) and Alfred (male, black and white) and we keep them in a hutch that my daughter and I built last September. [Read More…]

2021-04-12

We really DO build our cities - and surrounding municipalities

The Tinks DIY store that recently opened in Wachtberg (just outside of Bonn) shows what can happen when passionate, dedicated people put their minds to something.

A while back I wrote a post entitled “We build our cities” that focused on several store closings in and around Bonn in the last few years. One example that really hit me hard was the end of the Knauber DIY (do-it-yourself) stores. So you can imagine I was overjoyed when the Mein Markt project started up. [Read More…]

2021-04-01

‘Bridgerton’ isn’t historically accurate, but it’s also not wrong

When Bridgerton dropped on Netflix, I didn’t know what to make of it. Was it historical fiction? Was it set in a parallel universe with actual racial equality. [Read More…]