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Sunday was the beginning of Thanksgiving season. American Thanksgiving is still a whole month away, but Germany and Canada both celebrate earlier. This Sunday at church was our Erntedankfest Gottesdienst (‘Harvest-Thanks-Festival service’). One of the local harvests celebrated is that of … Continue reading →

Last week right after Emily got back from Rome, we walked up to the monument hill overlooking Kandern in the east and Tannenkirch in the west. Emily knew the sun was setting at 7pm, so we went up about 10 … Continue reading →

Yesterday (Wednesday, October 3) was German Unity Day, which is like Germany’s Fourth of July, but without the fireworks. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989, but it wasn’t until October 3, 1990 that East and West Germany re-united into … Continue reading →

The Seniors (and my roommate Emily) are in Rome right now. (Read here for my account of last year’s trip) They’re having a grand time in the sun on the beach while the rest of us plug on with school. … Continue reading →

This morning I looked in my school mailbox and found, in addition to some regular mail, these lovely items: Thanks, Marit, for brightening my Monday morning!

Recently, we found out that the local Asian restaurant in town is closing down in November; it has been closed more often lately as well. Whenever we find out it’s closed, our typical reactions are that of disgust at the … Continue reading →

Today was the Basel Marathon, Half Marathon, and 1/6 Marathon (a 7k). I wasn’t planning on racing, but my friend Katrina asked if I could “coach” her through the half marathon. She wasn’t sure she could make it alone, so … Continue reading →

The Staufen “STAGES” festival, or Stadt Geschichte (city history), is  kind of like a Medieval-Renaissance fair German-style.  Emily and I went to Staufen to get coffee because Emily discovered a coffee roastery there, but we realized it was the same … Continue reading →

This past week at BFA was Spiritual Emphasis Week, a time for us as a school to re-focus on God. Every morning started with a chapel session involving worship music then a message by Dave Martin, a BFA dad. The … Continue reading →

On Thursday we had small group again – it was so good to see the girls after a summer away! We met on Thursday this week, but we’ll be meeting every other Monday after they get back from the senior … Continue reading →