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Hello and Happy Friday!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It rained the last couple of days here in Germany and I can understand why the death rate in Norway is so high. No sun for days \u2013 just grey sky, wet and rain. I started to write this post earlier and the power went off, followed by a plethora of thunder and crazy lightnings. The candle was my life saver, hah! I remember the last storm when I was alone with my son in Connecticut. What \u201csaved us\u201d initially was a tiny turtle on a key chain with a flash light in its mouth. He held onto this thing forever and that particular night when I read him his bedtime story, the power went off. Complete darkness. The street lights, other houses, pitch black. So together we walked back down in the kitchen to get some flashlights. Le husband always tells me that I have to be prepared for events like this. So I am \u2013 because he makes sense. That night we finished the bedtime story with a flashlight and it was so nice. Tonight I got myself all comfy after I called the neighbors to ask them if they have no power either. Got my book, the candles, a glass of wine and approximately five minutes (at the most!) later, the light went back on. Gotta love Germany. When it comes to stuff like that, things just work. Fast, reliable. In any case, I put my book to the side, leave the candle burning and of course continue with my glass of wine. Enjoy this weeks Five Things.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Reading:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Le husband is back to work and travels so I was alone with my son this week. Tons of time to read at night and even during the day. My son is officially hooked and loves to sit next to me to \u201cread\u201d as well. So cute. I read Martin Walser\u2019s Ein fliehendes Pferd<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and loved it. What an amazing book. It is a novella and read in a couple of hours but so enjoyable. I read his latest book<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and even went to the reading but was not too impressed but this little novella blew my mind. I re-read Sabbath\u2019s Theater by Philip Roth<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and could read it again and again. [Thank you, Heinz for sending it so quickly!] I finished Joshua Becker\u2019s More of Less: Finding the Life you Want under Everything you Own.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The book review will be out on Sunday. Stay tuned for that. Currently, I am reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that can\u2019t stop talking by Susan Cain.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Great so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watching:\u00a0<\/strong>I re-watched one of my favorite movies Limitless<\/em>. Have you seen it? It is so good. \u201cI was blind, but now I see\u201d \u2013 Eddie Morra<\/span><\/p>\n