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Making Time for Life

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Making time to see and appreciate,

Making time to hear and feel,

Making time to laugh and cry,

Making time to love attentively,

Making time to forget time,

Making time to be happy.

 

–Richard Erlewein, freely translated into English by J. Elke Ertle

Making time to see and feel, photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2015

Making time to see and feel, photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2015

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com. Walled-In is a story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War.

 

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Teach your children how to be happy

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Don’t teach your children how to be rich. Teach them how to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price.

— Anonymous

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

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