by amiemccracken | Mar 17, 2010 | Germany, photography
Geneva is five hours away from where we live. It’s not a particularly pretty drive, except for the fact that I got to see mountains for the first time since leaving Colorado. Mountains on both sides of the highway was a bit disconcerting because I’m used...
by amiemccracken | Mar 7, 2010 | about me, books, Germany, reading, writing
When I said last Sunday was a book-reading day I should have waited until this week. It snowed again yesterday and because of the German world being closed on Sundays, I am on the couch with tea and some books. Let’s see, Albert and I just finished The Hobbit,...
by amiemccracken | Feb 24, 2010 | about me, editing, etsy, Germany, i AM alive, photography, writing
I feel the way I did when I graduated college: completely lost. At that time I was looking for a job because I had gotten married the day after my graduation, and my husband was still in school. My parents were lovely and let us live in their mother-in-law suite. But...
by amiemccracken | Feb 7, 2010 | about me, Germany
To continue the adventure…We drove to Heilbronn to get a part for the Porsche on Friday night. It’s about a half-an-hour away. Sad thing was, when we got there and looked at the distributor cap, it looked the same as the one we had only cleaner. So we were...
by amiemccracken | Feb 5, 2010 | about me, Germany
I’m going to have to write a book about our disastrous adventures here in Germany. Last night, we went shopping at Ikea. We had a lot of stuff and piled it all into our Porsche. Then, Albert turned the key, the car started, and died. We ended up closing Ikea, so...
by amiemccracken | Feb 2, 2010 | Germany
This is the most snow Germany has had in thirty years. We’ve had two blizzards and some days of constant, lazy snowflakes. Everyone around me keeps whining about how cold it is and how they want spring or summer to come back. But I don’t. I lovewinterand...
