I’ve been reading like crazy lately and I love it! I had fun sharing my winter 2014 roundup of books, so how about we talk about spring? (Especially since I just started A Tale for the Time Being and Das Schloss — both 450+ pages — which will certainly last me well into summer.) Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi …
As I travel back to Bremen from Malta today, how about we talk books until I’ve had a chance to pour over my photos and settle in? For Christmas this last year, I wished for a Kindle and I must admit that it has become my favorite thing ever. Although there is something really satisfying …
I can’t believe it’s taken me more than three years of living in Bremen to finally visit the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum. Modersohn-Becker is one of the most important painters of early expressionism and spent much of her life in Bremen — in fact I walk by her family’s house every day! The museum on Böttcherstraße also happens to …
This past week has been all about writing my dissertation with focused determination, training in the dark winter evenings for a 15K at the beginning of February, and binge watching Season 5 of Breaking Bad (I still have 6 episodes to go, so no spoilers please!). I’m in a rather intense writing phase at the …