Monthly Archives: May 2011

Ask and it shall be given unto you

Yesterday I prayerfully asked God to guide me in my response to Mark. I don’t generally consider myself an evangelist, yet I’m growing as an apologist. If I take some small liberty with the definitions, I could say that an … Continue reading

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God, our Father and the Creator of all things

God’s ways are mysterious, of this I have no doubt. These days I’ve been too busy to keep up with the blogs I typically savor, much less to comment. I do occasionally glance at a dozen or so tweets, just … Continue reading

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Odds and ends

There are a few things I keep intending to share but then forgetting about. Now’s as good a time as any to jot these thoughts down. Later I’ll update you on tonight’s dinner adventure. I’m bringing my camera (and the … Continue reading

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Pictures of the Rhine region

Because tonight’s adventure was blessedly devoid of pictures (I’m so used to these commutes to the airport I didn’t bother with my camera) I bring you photos of Rhine-country. Please enjoy. Love, Fran

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Adventures where there are none

It’s ten o’clock (p.m.) and I’m pretty wiped out. We spent all day in a conference room compiling information on issues affecting the quality of our newly launched product family. It must be the absence of kms of walking that … Continue reading

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He who hesitates is lost

Sure, it’s late but there’s a bit of the story I absolutely must share! On our way to dinner we had discussed which would be the right station for making the train change. I pointed out that there were 5 … Continue reading

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And finally, I bring you Bratwurst

How did it get to be past midnight without an update? Tonight’s story shall be short since it’s already late. We went to an older part of Frankfurt (Sachsenhauser) for dinner so I could finally have Bratwurst. I don’t think … Continue reading

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That was random….

While we were purchasing our train tickets yesterday morning (there are kiosks for this activity) a local came up to us and began yammering in German. We replied as only seemed appropriate with our standard “English?” response. The guy switched … Continue reading

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Another day, another couple of kms walked

Today I felt like Goldilocks in the tourist scene. One of my companions is too agreeable and the other is too contentious. When we laid out our Sunday strategy on Friday, we’d agreed to meet at 9am in the lobby, … Continue reading

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Frankfurt: all that and then some

Today was a great day, despite extreme sleep deprivation. Or maybe because of the sleep deprivation. On my first night here I woke in the middle of the night to do a few hours of e-mail (don’t ask). In the … Continue reading

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