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Spring blooms bring bountiful delights!
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Continue reading →: Spring blooms bring bountiful delights!Dear AWC Members, Spring is in the air, and our members have put the magic into images and words to share the joy all around! Enjoy these three entries for this month’s issue of Americana. Entry #1 by Hollis Vaughen Berlin gets a bad rap for its weather but we…
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In Honor of International Women’s Month
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Continue reading →: In Honor of International Women’s Monthby My-Linh Kunst In her late 70s, my Mom (Thu Nguyen) was the first one in our extended family to own an iPad. Also in her 70s, she took courses on HTML and Excel just because she wanted to know what they were. My Mom is not only book-smart, she…
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Love is in the Air!
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Continue reading →: Love is in the Air!Finding Your Match in the Time of Lockdown by Jen Serrat It all began in the whimsical world of Bumble, where fate, algorithms, and an enthusiastic friend’s swipe set the stage for something extraordinary. Rafa, ever the charmer, wasn’t even the one who swiped right—it was his friend who played…
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A Happy and Sweet New Year… in the Autumn!
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Continue reading →: A Happy and Sweet New Year… in the Autumn!by Alexandra Pearl On Rosh Hashanah – The Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah not only marks the Jewish new year—it also honors the creation date of Adam and Eve some 5,700 years ago, the first relationship, and the human connection with God’s world. The Jewish new year’s celebration doesn’t align…
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New Year’s Resolutions for 2025? No thanks!
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Continue reading →: New Year’s Resolutions for 2025? No thanks!by Birgit Brauer My New Year’s resolution is not to have any New Year’s resolutions. I think they are pretty useless. A waste of time. Pointless. Why pick January 1 as the start of what … a new you? Why not take, say, April 23 instead? Why choose the beginning…
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Relaunching the Americana Berlin Blog, December 2024
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Continue reading →: Relaunching the Americana Berlin Blog, December 2024Dear AWC Berlin Members, Thanks to everyone who contributed to this month’s relaunching of the Americana Blog, just in time for the holidays! This month’s prompt focused on sharing your family’s holiday celebrations, whether multi-cultural, blended or upholding shared traditions. Posts range from reflections on the holidays in Germany compared…
