Tag Archives: No Christmas in Germany

No Christmas in Germany (26 Dezember)

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

Eberhard put school pictures of the girls in a pack of cigarettes and we said goodbye, gave him the last of the turkey in a Ziploc bag. When he leaves, mom always goes to the kitchen sink window where they … Continue reading →

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No Christmas in Germany (24 Dezember)

Posted on December 25, 2017 by

24 Dezember, 17 Besigheim, Baden-Württemberg Early morning, happy snoring sounds in bed with Dawn—then mom and I by the banquette watching the birds gather outside by her window. We stayed up late playing Dan Fogelberg songs on mom’s tablet, Dawn … Continue reading →

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No Christmas in Germany (23 Dezember)

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

My pants don’t fit, and we can’t get the lyrics right to any of the Steely Dan songs. Cooked onion hangs like phlegm from the lips of Eberhard, the seafood gumbo I made: we were so full from lunch, mom … Continue reading →

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No Christmas in Germany (21 Dezember)

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

This month I’ve been featuring journal-style stories from our time visiting my mom in a small German village in Baden-Württemberg.  The series is named after a post from 2014, before we moved here for nine months. We had to leave … Continue reading →

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21 Dezember (Song for Solstice)

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

21 Dezember 17, Donnerstag “For the shortest day” Some days fall through the cracks — most days aren’t worth saving, but it’s OK there isn’t much room.

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No Christmas in Germany (20 Dezember)

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Chocolates with brandy inside, cheese, special cakes from Saxony. Taking pictures of the cats before they took down the tree. The tree, the one mom got the year John was sick and couldn’t come down for Christmas, so she set … Continue reading →

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No Christmas in Germany (18 Dezember)

Posted on December 19, 2017 by

We went back to Colmar, the small French town with the killer Christmas markets, but it wasn’t the same trying to recreate our first visit, when it was just me and Dawn. But if you’re a 10-year-old, on the cusp … Continue reading →

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