Coffee is Calling

Whenever I go to Twitter in the middle of the morning and see the tweet “Coffee is calling” I know: Barbara Ling is here. She is up at the most unusual times (at least for me), and she is not only out of bed, but also already at work, which amazes me everytime I met [...]

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Horses running Wild

When I was a young girl I lived near a stud, and in spring me and my father used to watch the horses galloping out of their stables, enjoying the open land and the green grass. They had left the boundaries of the stables. Of course they had some boundaries now, too – the land [...]

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Django Reinhardt

Jean-Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt, born in 1910,  was one of the world’s most famous gypsie jazz guitarists.
He survived WWII unscathed, due to the protection of a Luftwaffe officer, while many other Gypsies were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime.
He died in 1953 from a brain hemorrhage.
Whenever I hear him playing on the [...]

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Breathing Space

Can you imagine sitting on that bench under the blossoms? You raise your head, and all you can see is – blossoms. You are sitting there, and you can smell them, watch them tenderly swaying in the breeze. You take a deep breath, and you can smell the scent. You touch them, gently. One kilometer [...]

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How to Combine Flickr and Blogging, Part II

In my last post I explained how you can insert photos in your blog clicking on the “Blog this” button above your photo in Flickr.
Today I’ll show you a way to insert photos of your Flickr Account in your blog post and schedule your post.
These are the steps:

Sign in your Flickr account.
Go to YOUR PHOTOSTREAM
Select [...]

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How to Combine Flickr and Blogging, Part I

You are thinking about putting photos on your blog – which is a very good idea. Photos are wonderful eye catchers, and often they say more than many words.
Two ways of Inserting Photos in your Blog Post
Roughly spoken there are two ways of inserting photos in your blog posts:

You upload them from your computer to [...]

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Blossoms

Pink fluffy balls,
Signs of mid-spring.
Soon they will cover the earth
with their petals.

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Discover the Beauties of flickr

Easter Color and Light, originally uploaded by Rosa Say.
Rosa Say is not only one of the editors of Joyful Jubilant Learning, she also publishes gorgeous photos at flickr.
Look at that shining yellow – can’t you feel the sun warming you up, can’t you feel your mood turning joyful?
If you want to brighten up your [...]

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Still Standing

She could not believe it.
She had come to the meeting, thinking that it would be easy. Most of her colleagues who would have to decide today, knew her. They knew, what kind of work she had been doing all over the years. She had been responsible for the monthly publication, which had been published regularly, [...]

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Be a Tourist in your Own City!

The Martin-Gropius-Bau is one of the most famous exhibition halls in Berlin. It is named after one of the architects that built it – Martin Gropius – and was openend in 1881.
It was severely damaged in the last weeks of World War II. It is standing near the former Berlin Wall and about 10 minutes [...]

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