You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.īoth comments and pings are currently closed. Elke Ertle, Tête-à-Tête, Walled In Berlin. On Monday, July 15th, 2013 at 10:00 am and is filed under J. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Determined to find the law that requries American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo (Bette Midler'sThe Rose, Trading Places) set out on a journey to find the evidence.
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Which do you resemble when adversity knocks? Do you react like a carrot and wither? Do you appear unchanged on the outside but have acquired a hardened core? Or do you change your surroundings for the better when the going gets tough? Which do you resemble when adversity knocks? A carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?įor a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food. Controversial and throught-provoking are two words that describe one of the most talked-about documentaries of 2006.
In each case, the hot water (adversity) had changed the original substance of each item into something else. The raw carrots had become soft and pliable in the hot water the egg’s fluid content had hardened the plain water from the faucet had turned into an aromatic coffee.
She poured the water into a small cup and placed it next to the plate. After fifteen minutes she fished out the carrots and the egg and arranged them on a plate. Then she brought each pot to a boil and let the contents simmer. In the first, she placed some carrots in the second she placed an egg, and in the last she dropped a few coffee beans. Our teacher had filled three pots with water. I was about to throw in the towel when I remembered a little experiment from my high school days. For every problem I have solved, ten new ones seem to crop up. I have been feeling a little overwhelmed lately.
When adversity knocks, how do you respond? Do you complain? Do you feel sorry for yourself? Do you get mad? Do you take your frustration out on others? Or do you rise to the occasion?
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