Day: October 6, 2014

Journaling Café: Crafting

Schreibstube: Basteleien   For many of us, autumn has somehow snuck its way in, and with the weather getting cooler and the days getting shorter it’s the perfect time to get out those craft supplies and get creative. This week’s journaling prompts, therefore, are all about expressing your creativity through hands-on craft projects. Take a look at the prompts:   Für viele von uns hat sich der Herbst mehr oder weniger unmerklich eingeschlichen. Und wo das Wetter kühler wird und die Tage kürzer, ist es die richtige Zeit, die Bastelsachen hervorzukramen und kreativ zu werden. Die Schreibideen für diese Woche drehen sich deshalb vor allem ums Basteln. Werft mal einen Blick auf die Ideen:         Basteln Bist du jemand, der gerne bastelt? Wenn ja, was gefällt dir so daran? Wenn nein, was missfällt dir so sehr daran? Welche Art der Bastelei/Kreativität gefällt dir am Besten? Von allen Projekten, die du jemals gebastelt hast, was ist dein Lieblingsprojekt? Welches ist das letzte Projekt, an dem du gearbeitet hast? Woran würdest du gerne arbeiten, …

13 – 2 + 5 1/2 = A Very Merry Party

13 – 2 + 5 1/2 = Eine muntere Gesellschaft   So, we’re on holiday, right? And one of my students had asked me, if I would like to go hiking with her. I thought that might be a good idea and began asking around to find more people who’d be interested to join. Quite a number of people (both students and colleagues) expressed an interest, so that by yesterday (Sunday) I thought it might be a good idea to start looking for transportation. We had enough people at this time to be needing a second van. Problem #1: It’s the holiday. One of the biggest holidays of the year, at that. Well, the holiday itself isn’t actually really the problem. We like holidays. It’s just that the problem with holidays here is that half the nation tends to be traveling and is in need of transportation, which leads us to Problem #2: All vans are booked. At least by the time I started to think about calling various drivers, none of them was available …