Jun 02
Astro profile ’ANGELINA JOLIE’06/04/1975, Los Angeles, Zodiac sign: Gemini Her Sun in Gemini: Self-expression through versatility and flexibilityShe finds her vitality and her personal core in the change of many contacts and in the variety of intellectual stimulation. She identifies herself with linguistic flexibility and her fast wit. Like a social butterfly she...
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Annie Lennox is a pop icon, best known as the voice of "Eurythmics" in the late 1980s, but she is by far so much more! When you look at her life career, you get impressed by her many achievements. Whatever she gets started grows into a tremendous success, through which she...
read more → Apr 01
The Path less traveledThis experience is very personal one and what will be reported is also just based on my own perspective and perception. I went for a travel to Peruvian Amazonas retreat.My stay was only for 5 days in the jungle – basically with no access to the outer world,...
read more → May 12
Welcome to all friends of nature! In this new Blog series, I will introduce a number of wild grown species on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria. I travelled to this beautiful place in 2019/20 – so, shortly before the Corona crisis started and confinements restrict our lives. Now, as...
read more → May 04
Yes, your perception is right; this time I have to modify my headline, because the next spice I want to introduce to you here, is not originally from Indonesia but the whole South East. It is very well known all over the world and not missed in any household nowadays....
read more → Apr 08
A hearty “Welcome” to my next post about specialty crops grown in Indonesia! This one is even more special – not really a new crop, but a production curiosity – I want to introduce to you here. Have you seen this animal before (see Pic 1)? No? Well, this little...
read more → Apr 01
A hearty welcome back to another post about specialty crops grown in Indonesia! What a fantastic spice is made out of these little pieces called cloves.The intense flavor of the funny looking flower buds, which are picked from wild trees and simply dried in the tropical sun when laid out on...
read more → Mar 05
This time I want to introduce you to another very famous and known specialty crop, which is cinnamon. Although this spice doesn`t originate from Indonesian Islands in the ancient times – records say it came from the Red Sea to the trading ports in Egypt. However, it got a special...
read more → Feb 26
This time I would like to introduce you to this small little fruit, that looks like a nut – and indeed is one, but not as we know and eat nuts! Dried nutmegs are grayish brown ovals with furrowed surfaces. The nutmegs are roughly egg-shaped, about 20 – 30 mm...
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