I'm not sure what the point of this post is, but I feel like posting it.
treptat - gradually (Romanian)
treppe - stairs (German)
trip - to step lightly (English)
And of course, Tripping up the Stairs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGin6mh6Rsg
July 25, 2016
July 19, 2016
Trouble Tuesday
First the smell. Bliyeckhhhh!!! And they call it "cleaning" the floor in the hallway. It seeps into my living room and into my kitchen and coats my eggs with rotting hyacinth smell. So I sit on the balcony to eat. The patio door is wide open, in order to let lots of fresh air into my apartment. But it also creates a current of air exiting the apartment, so I have to sit in just the right spot and keep my face in the right direction so as to not smell it.
And then the world situation and personal disappointments weigh heavily on me.
This is going to be a very bad day. I think I will run away. Actually, that's the most logical thing to do. Either that or I could bury myself in language study to avoid thinking. But that gets old after a while. So instead...
I'm going to take myself out for pizza!
So I will have to rush, rush, rush to do a ton of laundry and housework. And then, kosher pizza, here I come!
And then the world situation and personal disappointments weigh heavily on me.
This is going to be a very bad day. I think I will run away. Actually, that's the most logical thing to do. Either that or I could bury myself in language study to avoid thinking. But that gets old after a while. So instead...
I'm going to take myself out for pizza!
So I will have to rush, rush, rush to do a ton of laundry and housework. And then, kosher pizza, here I come!
Summer Days and Nights
Old-fashioned refrigerators. You have to defrost them by hand.
Put a pan of boiling water in the freezer. Maybe two. Or three. Or four.
Oh, no wonder! I forgot to turn the fridge off! So that's why it was taking so long!
Today I spent a while helping someone with a 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle.
It was slow going. It's still less than half finished.
I brushed my hand across my keyboard and my desktop rotated 90 degrees. I could undo it in Settings, but I wonder, what key combination caused it to do that?
Nights can be noisy. Traffic is noisy till after midnight.
And why are there people just under my window talking at two, or three, or four in the morning? Sometimes it's annoying. (What kind of noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster.)
Other times it's just a bit frustrating to think that people (everyone but me) have interesting things to do and to say to each other at three in the morning.
If I just could somehow manage to meander out the door and eavesdrop....
But the morning comes, and also the night.
Put a pan of boiling water in the freezer. Maybe two. Or three. Or four.
Oh, no wonder! I forgot to turn the fridge off! So that's why it was taking so long!
Today I spent a while helping someone with a 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle.
It was slow going. It's still less than half finished.
I brushed my hand across my keyboard and my desktop rotated 90 degrees. I could undo it in Settings, but I wonder, what key combination caused it to do that?
Nights can be noisy. Traffic is noisy till after midnight.
And why are there people just under my window talking at two, or three, or four in the morning? Sometimes it's annoying. (What kind of noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster.)
Other times it's just a bit frustrating to think that people (everyone but me) have interesting things to do and to say to each other at three in the morning.
If I just could somehow manage to meander out the door and eavesdrop....
But the morning comes, and also the night.
July 6, 2016
Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
Something old. The Bible.
Something new. I have a new Bible! A Westminster Reference Bible. A big one.
Something borrowed. I have borrowed several books lately, including an old Lutheran hymnbook in German, and the book Bruchko in German. I also brought home several cast-off books found beside the road. . .why do I do this? WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BOOKS. But I can't resist. You never know what you'll find in a book.
Something blue. Just enough blue to be called blue. The Meditteranean Sea.
Something new. I have a new Bible! A Westminster Reference Bible. A big one.
Something borrowed. I have borrowed several books lately, including an old Lutheran hymnbook in German, and the book Bruchko in German. I also brought home several cast-off books found beside the road. . .why do I do this? WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BOOKS. But I can't resist. You never know what you'll find in a book.
Something blue. Just enough blue to be called blue. The Meditteranean Sea.
July 2, 2016
New Word
I ran across a new word today, a German word, in a non-German article, and I knew instantly what it meant.
judenrein - free of Jews.
Other German (ha-ha) words I have learned, Projekt, Computer, Konzert, Feedback, das Problem, and of course, Klicken Sie Hier.
judenrein - free of Jews.
Other German (ha-ha) words I have learned, Projekt, Computer, Konzert, Feedback, das Problem, and of course, Klicken Sie Hier.
July 1, 2016
BLUE SKIES
Israel has a serious shortage of thunderstorms. Sort of like Dallas, Texas, but worse. The skies are so blue today it's boring! But the good thing about blue sky and nice temperatures is that you can get a lot done.
But getting a lot done can get boring, too. It would be nice to go somewhere and do some plain ol' Nuttin.
But there'd have to be a pleasant place to do it, or a pleasant person to do it with.
Maybe, after I get some errands done, I'll take myself out for coffee. Or maybe I'll write some boring poetry, just to get out of the rut of studying German.
But getting a lot done can get boring, too. It would be nice to go somewhere and do some plain ol' Nuttin.
But there'd have to be a pleasant place to do it, or a pleasant person to do it with.
Maybe, after I get some errands done, I'll take myself out for coffee. Or maybe I'll write some boring poetry, just to get out of the rut of studying German.
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