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recipes for soups, appetizers, salads, casseroles, entrees, cakes and cookies,
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recipes for soups, appetizers, salads, casseroles, entrees, cakes and cookies,
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all from Germany and almost exclusively written in the german language. Keen to
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all from Germany and almost exclusively written in the german language. Keen to
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my desire to cook german food, my wife decided that the Friday after
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my desire to cook german food, my wife decided that the Friday after
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Thanksgiving would be my time to shine. On the yellow notebook paper which
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Thanksgiving would be my time to shine. On the yellow notebook paper, which
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contained the meals planned for ther next few days the heading for Friday
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listed the meals planned for the next few days, the heading for Friday
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simply read "German Day."
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simply read "German Day."
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I stood alone, petrified. A long series of improbable events had led
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I stood alone, petrified. A long series of improbable events had led
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me from a typical middle-class suburban life to Germany, then to Saxony and
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me from a typical middle-class suburban American life to Germany, then to Saxony and
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finally to this train station and nobody was there.
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finally to this train station and nobody was there.
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The platform emptied as the other passengers with people to see and places to
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The platform emptied as the other passengers with people to see and places to
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Over ten years after the exchange, I find myself expending a tremendous amount
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Over ten years after the exchange, I find myself expending a tremendous amount
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of energy ensuring that I maintain fluency in German. Having realized that my
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of energy ensuring that I maintain fluency in German. Having recently realized
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german parents don't speak English and if I lose the language, I lose them.
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that, while my german parents don't speak English,if I lose the language I lose
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them.
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With the renewed efforts the conflict of identity returns. Do I really need to
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With the renewed efforts the conflict of identity returns.
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choose?
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Do I really need to choose?
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Let's go with "German-ish."
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Let's go with "German-ish."
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