City Life Congestion – A List of Links & Thoughts

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  1. You can’t get candy corn in Germany.  Last year, I tried out this recipe for making my own without much luck.  My fingers are crossed for this candy corn recipe later this month.  Sometimes a piece of home makes all the difference on cool and dark evenings in a different place.
  2. Just when we might start thinking those bratwursts look a little tempting, the NYTimes writes up pieces like this one to remind us of the meat industry and why we’re sticking to our veggies.
  3. My German is coming, but it isn’t always easy.  I was trying to figure out which contact solution was right for me yesterday evening.  The store had four options.  So when I turned to the clerk for help, all of my questions resulted in only one answer once she finished reading the entire label of the one in my hand.  She told me in German, “This is contact solution.”  Oh.  I took a guess at which one I should get and just took it home, hopeful that Martin would tell me it was the right one.  (It was.)
  4. Trying to keep up with everything gets a little overwhelming in our lives.  I know I don’t have to tell you that!  But I like this suggestion called “10 Minutes“.
  5. It doesn’t matter where we are.  If a small airplane is flying overhead, Martin stops to watch it.  That’s nothing new.  It’s just that now I stop and watch it, too, and we become nostalgic for flying.
  6. Once a week, I pick out a new vegetable that we wouldn’t normally eat and try to figure out what to do with it.  So far, it’s been easy because I am picking vegetables I recognize.  (We’ve had eggplant and red cabbage.)  But one day soon, I’ll either need to bring a dictionary to the grocery store or bring home the root vegetables I don’t recognize and figure out what they are.  Any “weird” vegetables you’d suggest we bring home?
(Image by Martin for Making This Home)