by Ken Yeager

The sun is shining for the moment…. it won’t last too long as more showers are predicted.  It has been one hell of a lousy summer here in north Germany…..if we could have swapped rainy days for sunny days, then the summer would have been normal…. but what is normal for [...]

by Ken Yeager

As I look out the door or window of our winter-garden (a glassed enclosed, heated part of the house) I see my wife’s small rose garden, her geranium boxes lining the steps of the winter-garden to the terrace, and the bushes and trees that surround the grassy area of our yard.  [...]

by Ken Yeager

The site has been pretty quiet so I thought I’d add something to read, boring as it may be.

OK, the white asparagus season has hit Germany again, this year a bit early due to the warmer-than-expected weather in May.  Plus, some farmers are now heating their fields with underground water [...]

by Ken Yeager

HOMELESS -  I am a homeless person. Wait, don’t misunderstand me, I have a place to live, a retirement pension, a wife to go to, and am quite comfortable in our house. But I am still homeless.

Let me explain. I was at a political meeting several evenings ago and upon [...]