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([email protected]) Publicist with an interest in history and the world around us: I write about historical contexts and lesser-known curiosities from different parts of the world. I enjoy finding stories that explain the present through the past, and showing that even seemingly peripheral facts can have surprising significance.
Motto: "The past only makes sense if we can tell it."

House and garden

You want dense, garden catalogue-style awnings: Just give them a mycorrhizal solution

Oaks are a great way to separate your garden from the outside world. Nowadays, other tree species are used, but yews are still very popular. We have had them planted…

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Gastro

Why never store eggs in the fridge – The real freshness test reveals the reasons

The parents have hens and store the laid eggs in the cellar, where the temperature is practically stable. They only bring eggs home to the fridge for immediate consumption. I…

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Gastro

Sugar in coffee as a matter of course: the EU wants to ban it in restaurants, cafes and hotels

Personally, I don’t put sugar in my coffee, but I can’t imagine coffee without milk. My husband, on the other hand, sweetens his coffee and does not pour milk into…

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Health and beauty

Are you afraid of anesthesia? Modern brain monitoring can prevent nausea and confusion upon waking

When I went in for the ankle surgery, I didn’t even acknowledge the fear that I might not wake up again. I was more uncomfortable with the feeling of someone…

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Health and beauty

You wake up at 3:00 in the morning and you don’t know why. This cortisol drink can help you too

I was complaining to a friend the other day that I’m not getting much sleep these days. I often breastfeed my young daughter at night, and it often happens that…

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Health and beauty

Swimsuit season is coming: Get in shape without working hard in the gym and drastic diets

Winter is slowly saying goodbye and I’m dreading the day when I have to go out without a winter jacket, hat or even a sweatshirt. Over the winter I didn’t…

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Pel mel

You think picking a few snowdrops means nothing: Here, you can be fined €50,000

The other day I walked out the door of our house and saw the first snowdrops blooming in the flower bed. “Spring is here,” I thought to myself. Our daughter…

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Health and beauty

Coffee is safe for your heart: if you don’t overdo it, it’s good for your health

I can’t imagine a morning when I don’t have coffee. I didn’t give up coffee for breakfast even when I was pregnant. It was weak and with milk, but I…

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News

The gardening season starts in March. 5 things to do: Start with soil testing

March has barely started a few days ago. Temperatures in the morning are still mostly below zero and summer still seems far away. But our garden is already waking up.…

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Lifestyle

No butter, no bread. What products are in demand in Germany

What do you buy most often at the grocery store? Our family can’t do without rolls, toasted bread, meat and some biscuits for our daughter. There is also juice or…

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([email protected]) Publicist with an interest in history and the world around us: I write about historical contexts and lesser-known curiosities from different parts of the world. I enjoy finding stories that explain the present through the past, and showing that even seemingly peripheral facts can have surprising significance.
Motto: "The past only makes sense if we can tell it."

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