To Find Peace, Plant
This is the lesson I passed on to my daughter the other day, as I sat down in the conservatory to re-pot some seedlings. She knows that I am perfectly…
Category: Family
Adventures in Homesteading
I honestly never thought I would see the day that I would spend so much time baking and trying out new things in the kitchen other than regular meals. Not…
St. Patrick’s Day & Fairies
St. Patrick’s Day is culturally not my holiday, but I somehow ended up celebrating it no matter what country I happened to live in. Dressing up in green each March…
21 Years Ago
My dearest FrogDiva Jr., As I have done for the past 21 years, I take you down Memory Lane in an open letter. My gift to you each year never…
Unconditionally
The photograph above was taken at the Hamburger Museum for Contemporary Art the other day, and I first published it on Instagram before deciding to write a few lines. I…
The Lion and the Black Panther
No, this is not the title of a new book or a new movie. It is, however, a tribute to a man who took me to Africa when I was…
Berlin Through Frog Eyes: Tegeler See (Lake Tegel)
There are certain places that I prefer to visit during winter, not just because of the absence of people but for the presence of light. There is something very special…
2019: The Year Of The Earth Pig
Kung Hei Fat Choi! It is Chinese New Year and for the first time in four years I have decked my home for the occasion. I have missed doing so…
