Untrodden Paths
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Flowers/Blumen
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Tuesday/Dienstag
- I have been working on gathering resources for Flora's grade 11.
- We are waiting for her CAT test to arrive. The mail has been quite slow recently. At the end of June, the results need to be at the local school, so she has to complete it fast!
- I have also started writing one of my syllabi for the next semester. I have made textbook changes (again) and have to get used to new materials.
- We will have our ballet performance on Saturday. Veronika will be here for it!
- Tomorrow the oven guy will come: The oven has not been heating very fast recently.
- Ich arbeite an einer Liste von Schulmaterialien, die ich für Flora in der 11. Klasse benutzen will.
- Wir warten auf ihre Testunterlagen (die Post ist sehr langsam), die wir schnell bearbeiten müssen. Ende Juni will die Schulbehörde die Ergebnisse sehen.
- Ich habe auch angefangen, einen der beiden Lehrpläne für Deutsch für nächstes Semester beim College zu schreiben. Ich benutze wieder ein neues Buch, also muß ich alles neu planen.
- Am Samstag hat Flora ihre Ballettaufführung und Veronika wird dann auch hier sein.
- Morgen kommt der "Ofenmann": In der letzten Zeit braucht der Backofen ewig, bevor er warm wird.
Monday, June 1, 2026
Thales and Hummingbirds/Thales und Kolibris
Friday, May 29, 2026
Cats and Sea Lions/Katzen und Seelöwen
Peter ordered a new lawnmower to replace the broken one. Charlotte did find her car. She found it faster than the police! The thieves had driven it somewhere close by where she had parked it. They broke the door handle and ignition. Now she has very costly repairs to make.
Monday, May 25, 2026
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection.Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.
Heute wird hier "Memorial Day" gefeiert. Man gedenkt der amerikanischen Gefallenen aller Kriege.
We have had some unfortunate events happening: our minivan had a flat tire, our lawn mower broke (a wheel broke off), and upon Charlotte's return to Denver yesterday, she discovered that her car had been stolen! The police is looking for it. I came down with a flu/cold last Tuesday. I have felt quite bad for a week, but it seems to be getting better. And Veronika called today from the beach to show me the wonderful waves. That made me very happy!
Hier sind leider unangenehme Dinge passiert: unser Auto hatte einen Platten, unser Rasenmäher ist kaputt gegangen (ein Rad ist abgebrochen), und Charlotte hat gestern entdeckt, nachdem sie wieder heile in Denver gelandet war, daß jemand ihr Auto gestohlen hat. Sie Polizei sucht es jetzt. Letzten Dienstag habe ich eine Grippe/Erkältung bekommen, die erst jetzt besser zu werden scheint. Aber dann hat Veronika heute vom Strand angerufen, um mir die schönen Meereswellen zu zeigen. Das hat mir auch gut getan!
I guess that is it for today.
Ich glaube, das ist für heute alles.
Friday, May 22, 2026
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Thursday, May 21, 2026
Yiddish Book Center and Catholic Shrine/Jiddisches Bücherzentrum und katholischer Wallfahrtsort
It was a very interesting, although exhausting, drive back. We arrived back home well past midnight.





























































































