(This is one of my favorite posters ever. It’s definitely eye-catching as you endeavor to figure out what it is advertising exactly…) The title of this piece comes from the American band, Chicago, and their song “Saturday in the Park” which came out in my birth year: 1972. Today Berlin was hot, hotter than it’d […]
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Back At Scharmützelsee: Germany (Photos)
As much as I love Scharmützelsee, the lake I’ve written about numerous times here (for example, Night On the Lake), I was somewhat ambivalent about going this trip. Only a relatively short ride: by bus, then S-bahn (local) train, a change to an inter-regional train and then to yet another bus…well, it’s a relatively short […]
“You’re All the Same!” American Indians From A European Perspective (Photos)
American Indians have long been romanticized or vilified in Europe and other places, even North America for that matter. Many wrong ideas, stereotypes and long-held assumptions continue to persist even in this day and age, and generalizations and flat out ignorance exist about indigenous peoples from the blatant level to the subtle. Much of it […]
Near Death Experiences: “Where You’ll Find Me”
For my final exam of the semester I had to write an extended description of what a “near death experience” is, similarities between research study participants, etc. In the textbook the course was using, a near death experience was described as “the distinctive state of recall associated with being brought back to life from the […]
My Berlin (Photos)
I first visited Berlin in 2003 and immediately fell in love with the city. It has been ugly, past and present, but it still has a special magic, energy and beauty because it is so full of very many different things, and has so very many different people. Sure, I could post photos of the […]
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