Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Automatic.

Every thing is automatic.

All the windows, the garage, the cars, the doors, the lights. Everything.

Automatic is to have something done, or to do something without hassle or without thinking.
Things are becoming automatic.

I automatically clear the table.
I automatically say jah.
I automatically laugh at what are jokes, that I don't yet understand.

Things come naturally. Its crazy to think about all the things you do without thinking. Driving, Shopping, Writing your name on a paper, everything is automatic. Crazy how things can go from coming natural to becoming automatic...Very different but now, people use it interchangeably.

It's all so very; automatic.

Dinners are on average 3 hours long. Its a traditional setting to take time to truly hear how someone is, and how their day was; or even to explain the meaning of sonnenblumen. Its beautiful. The table is always set with place mats, cups, for kaffe und wasser, forks for dinner and forks for cake. There is always cake. Nobody has somewhere to be, its always leisurely, time is not an issue. It's lovely.

I will go to Heidelberg tomorrow morning after Theresa goes to the airport. There are castles and many beautiful things there. It is right on the Rhine river. So I am very excited to be able to go there, I will be meeting more family there too; we will stay there until Friday. So it will be very fun.


Acknowledge the little things in life sometimes, like sonnenblumen.

Sweet Serendipity.

2 comments:

  1. Heidelberg is a wonderful! It sounds like your first week is shaping up nicely. Enjoy your time.

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  2. I LOVE FAMILY DINNERS!!!!!! A lost and beautiful event that most people just don't 'get.' I never had em as a kid and embraced them as an adult/parent. 3 hours might be a bit long tho...

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