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Published February 16, 2026 by

Twice The Patriot?

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I was born into an annexed region. I could have been Italian, but because of my Grandfather’s stubbornness, and because part of our farm was on the right side of the mountains/border, I came into this world as an Austrian girl. I am also American, by choice and love. The love for the man I met so many decades ago, who I followed to his country, who became my husband. Whose language I learned, whose passion I share. I am an American-Austrian, an Austria-American, a female version of Schwarzenegger. I am an Austrian in America.

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Published July 19, 2025 by

The Quiet Life

… My spirit yearns toLeave this city for good To build a cozy cabinSomewhere in the Alps To watch the seasons changeWith my dogs at my feet So why does…

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Published May 6, 2025 by

A Pope’s Name ~ The Name Leads The Way

And suddenly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the new one: Pope Francis in 2013

The election of the Pope begins tomorrow and Francis’ succession is still considered open. The choice of the name of a new pope is also eagerly awaited because the name says a lot about the agenda of the NEW ONE.

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Published June 20, 2024 by

From Prostitute To Empress

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I didn’t hear about her in school, but read about her later, in my early 20s in a book about her remarkable life. I had paid 3 Austrian shillings (fifty cents) for the novel in an old second-hand bookstore in Vienna. The title of the paperback “Theodora, from Prostitute to Empress.”

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Published March 6, 2024 by

It’s Like A Tattoo On My Forehead

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Published June 4, 2023 by

International Song Lyrics -If a song was enough

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Published December 9, 2021 by

Categories! Going Once, Twice…Sold

I have used the same old boring categories on my blog for many years, five years to be exact. I never thought about changing them until I started writing “Losing is all.” It didn’t fit into any of the rubrics I had used for so long, and that’s when I found out how outdated my blog and its structure really were.

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Published August 16, 2021 by

I remember where I was

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When I heard about Elvis Presley’s death, I stood at the steps of a hotel in Milano Marittima, Italy. I had just stepped out on my way to pick up the Bildzeitung* -the worst of all German newspapers- but also the only newspaper Germans were able to get with a three-day delay, when they enjoyed their summer vacation in Italy.

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Published May 30, 2021 by

Song Lyrics Sunday -Rome

The first time I visited Rome the Capital City of Italy, only 6 hours away from our farm in South Tyrol, I felt at home. I had never been there before, but had walked the streets of Rome for many hours in my mind at school, when we learned all about the Roman Empire. I had wept for the innocent and poor who were tortured, or were just a human toy in the brutal games the rich invented to entertain themselves and the masses.

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Published January 25, 2020 by

Things you cannot blog about! But why?

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Most and foremost, don’t ever write about religion, because good lord almighty you might rattle the boat. It’s almost as bad as writing about politics! Which is -if you live in the United (divided) States of America, perhaps the biggest blogging offense you can commit.

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