What I don’t know of war I never want to know. Yet …
Last night, the Boy and I attended the final performance of "Secondhand-Zeit. Das Ende des roten Menschen." at the Musikbrauerei.
Rants & Raves
Might as well smoke then
The more pressing dangers of corporate culture deserve more scrutiny.
In my box (2024).
My thoughts are a scary place.
This is not Reggie Watts
After a night with the disinformationist, I AI him.
The Hunter in the garden
I don't want the hurt to make me smaller. I have a generous heart. There's room for more, I repeat, I repeat. I want to believe in the enduring power of love.
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Week 5, in which I enjoyed art and political confrontation
I biked to Mitte to check out an exhibit at KOW featuring works by Jens Jensen, Barbara Hammer, and Tobias Zielony.
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Tammi’s V-Day tip: never regret love.
This is definitely not my typical post. I admit to being an unrepentant romantic. And it’s the Hallmark Holiday! So… …a virtual
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My first canyon
About Walnut Canyon...wow. My photographs will never do justice to what it was like looking over into that canyon.
Books, Movies, Etc.
Two of hearts
After beloved U. was done casting his soap dish with Raysin 200, there was leftover plaster for two
A romantic weekend … in Spandau?
Beloved U. and I had long planned to see HEILUNG again in concert at the Zitadelle Spandau (Spandau
More than our demons
Watching the last episode of #TheExpanse was bittersweet. But watching it with U. was fantastic. There was a
The elephant in the room
Ivory is more than a material.
Tammi’s news roundup, October 18, 2021
“Unconscionable,” “inexcusable,” and “insane.”
Essays & Poetry
Weeks 3 & 4, in which I created … well, I created!
In hindsight, I'd say that enthusiasm is what had to carry me through the "golly, you suck at this" on to the "well, just finish" resolution.
Maybe I have some gunk on my screen…
… but did I read correctly? You are staying in Germany? Bloody GERMANY?
A woman after my own heart
We shouldn't be pitting fellatio against cunnilingus.
What remains
Martin is right: I have neglected to talk of the parties, games nights, food fests and book group dinners that have normalized my life here in Berlin.
Street sheets miss the point
I think I have always been rather suspicious of consumer-driven donation drives. Buy more and feel good about it? Um, okaaaaay.
Tammi’s LCHF Pumpkin Bread for Thermomix
This is the low-carb version of a pumpkin bread recipe posted by Jenn Segal of the Once Upon a Chef blog.
Random AF
The sea, the sea
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do yesterday. Another museum? Another neighborhood? I did know that I was hungry after yesterday’s long post, so I headed out with the intent of returning to Cima for more eggs and, er,
No, it is not weakness.
I told Eckhart that our tour of Berlin couldn’t start until noon. I’m having folks over for games on Monday night, I said, and I need the morning to sweep the floors, wash laundry and otherwise get the apartment in
But now my apartment smells of pork…
Learning German is a high priority for me, but finding the right school wasn’t as easy to nail down from afar as I thought it’d be. Just as well. Now that I am here, my map and sense of timing
Travel Stories
Poor people don’t have money for budget meals (and other “no shit, Sherlock!” observations)
My personal experience with government-cheese poverty carved a hole in my humanity that will never be filled.
Release me
NSFW, so act accordingly.
Tammi’s news roundup, October 11, 2021
Y'all should take a look at this.
Wagner? Nope, I got nothing.
What I know of the German composer Richard Wagner is what I
Das Leben ist gut
It’s a good life, Tammi. Quit your whining.