Month: January 2018

Uta’s Diary January 2018

Yesterday we were in Warrawong Shopping Centre. We had some coffee and cake at the Imperial Cafe and I took some pictures. I also took the chance to take some photos of some of the Christmas decorations in the centre. Next time we go shopping these decorations will probably be gone.

Peter recently harvested some more baby tomatoes. Last Sunday we drove for fish and chips to Kiama Harbour. It was extremely windy in the open cafe at the harbour. We decided then it was definitely preferable to eat our meal in the car. But the fish was again really good and fresh tasting. I do like eating this beautiful fresh fish!

CDC Officially Planning For Nuclear Attack

We can only pray that a nuclear attack can be prevented!

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Welcome to 2018. It’s been an apocalyptic start to the new year. And according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the worst could be yet to come. The agency wants the American public to get ready for the possibility of a nuclear strike, reports Politico, and it has posted a notice for a Jan. 16 briefing titled “Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation.” The session in Atlanta, Georgia will include experts on radiation and disaster preparedness and discuss what federal, state and local governments are doing to prepare. . .

via The CDC is now officially planning for a nuclear attack — Quartz

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The End of the Christmas Season

The Epiphany is a Christian feast day, also known as the 12th day of Christmas, which falls on January 6 and marks the official end to the festive season.

Two weeks ago, on Saturday, the 23rd of December 2017, we went with son Martin to Berry for morning coffee, then to Kiama for an early fish and chips lunch, and later to Shellharbour for ice-cream. After we have had our delicious ice-cream, Martin drove us to the Beach Farm with is now a beautiful public area  close by the sea.

I think our Christmas Season started already with Sunday, the 24th of December, when the family gathered at our place for our customary Christmas Eve celebrations. Matthew and Caroline had arranged that Matthew’s mum could join us for Christmas Eve and stay overnight at our place. This was really great, that Yittah could join us!

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Yittah enjoys watching her son Matthew with Lucas and little Alexander

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A Family Photo taken by Yittah

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2017 – It Was A Year

This blog by Lew Bornmann is an excellent summary about very interesting events in 2017. I very much like to reblog it!

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It seems to me….

“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke[1].

Another year – 2017 – has now passed. When young, New Year’s was an excuse to party but with the passing of many years, it is met more with regret as the accelerating passage of time and fleeting years only serve as a reminder of how quickly the sands of time are passing through that hourglass. This observation is not met with melancholy but with a degree of fatalism and increasing awareness of what lies ahead.

Most years are characterized by very mixed sentiments but following eight years of political light, optimism, and hope; inauguration of a new U.S. president apparently determined to lead us down an erroneous path casts a deep shadow of despondency concerning our nation’s future.

There isn’t any one year…

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