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The Merlins in Berlin
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Wife, momma, coffee drinker. Still finding glitter from last Mardi Gras. Life as an immigrant in Berlin.
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This is so cool!
Next time you are at a Xmas market and they are selling the Erzgebirge wooden animals - take a closer look. Cause this is the amazing way they are made.

youtu.be/NWNg2Ns8JJE?...
Manufaktur Werner Reifentiere
YouTube video by So geht sächsisch.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Listen, I swear the crawfish and nutria were here before we moved!!
Nutrias stammen ursprünglich aus Südamerika und haben sich in Brandenburg inzwischen stark ausgebreitet. Vor allem für den Hochwasserschutz sind die Nagetiere ein Problem. Ihre weitere Ausbreitung soll deshalb gestoppt werden.
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This might be the only time I wished I lived in TN.
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely agree.
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.

Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New Orleans folks:
I had a 20 something yo relative reach out about what to do in the city for New Year’s Eve. Suggestions? Thanks!
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Katja Lang, contemporary German artist who focuses on stillness and spaces #WomensArt #December
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Happy Birthday to German-lover Mark Twain 🙂

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November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Phone wallpaper change/timeline cleanse.
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Finally got storage for our pathetic kitchen and found a new mattress! Best Black Friday ever. Cannot wait for a full night of actual rest for the first time in 6 months!
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
10 yo asked @oldmannola.bsky.social to make dirty rice for his Thanksgiving lunch today. He did.

The faces of some of the kids when I asked if they wanted dirty rice…😳🤣

After the first round they began chanting “dirty rice! Dirty rice!”

These nice German children have tasted Tony’s.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Amazing how the 10 yo only took 45 min to complete 2 weeks’ worth of skipped homework and classwork. I gave a solid 5 min lecture about owning your mistakes and not being disrespectful to your teachers.

Bets on if/when he pulls this stunt again?
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Always a pleasant surprise to drop off your son’s house keys and talk to his teacher. Apparently he has had homework and just decided to skip doing it ever.

I did this same thing in 3rd and 4th grade. This child is me all over. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sigh.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Couldn’t find my black boots anywhere. Guess I’ll just break in my new tokyos! Thankful the snow is mostly gone since I haven’t treated the leather yet. Found them for half off on “singles day”! 🤣
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So glad it snowed…it’s so hard to get the boys moving on cold dark days. But the promise of fresh snow got them a little excited and made for a happy morning. ♥️
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Join @therhancock19.bsky.social, @nolachick.bsky.social and I for the annual Xmas Tweetup and toy drive benefiting the NOWCS. Click the link for the wish list or bring an unwrapped toy to the tweetup.
📆December 7th
🕒3pm
🍸12 Mile Limit
📭500 S. Telemachus
REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄

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November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It snowed!
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The happiest cat in Berlin. A window seat in the sun above a radiator. His idea of heaven.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Somebody has been a little liberal with their Wegbier. No way did he have less than 6 and smell like this.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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'I Exist LOL' by contemporary US artist Martha Rich #WomensArt
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
OOTD:
Long puffy black coat. Yoga pants that look like real pants. Black and white striped shirt.

Theme? Pjs but make it warm and work appropriate. Wind chill is 20 F/-2 C. I have been awake since 5 am. The bags under my eyes are iconic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What the actual fuck.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.

The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WE HAVE HEAT IN EVERY ROOM OF THE APARTMENT FINALLY!!

Now for those damn broken windows.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
WE HAVE HEAT IN OUR LIVING ROOM!!

Part 2: The Smallest “Master” Bedroom You Ever Saw coming soon.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Is the idiom “I feel like a broken record” the same auf Deutsch?

Parenting. All the context you need.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Radiator guy is back. Dare I hope that today is the day we get heat?
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM