by Scot Shumski | Jan 13, 2020 | Germany
Crazy, but the mall fifteen miles from our house is always packed. And that baffles me. Malls in American have been on such a steep decline with their empty storefronts and low foot traffic are depressing dinosaurs. Not so in Deutschland (this photo was purposefully...
by Scot Shumski | Jan 9, 2020 | Germany
Ah, the life of a pre-teen. And he had no idea why I was taking his photograph while leaning there.
by Scot Shumski | Jan 4, 2020 | Germany
One of the options we were given for housing when we arrived in Deutschland was the standard government owned off post multi-story design house with the spiral child wiping out staircase. On the face of it, it’s kind of blah, like many of the features in the...
by Scot Shumski | Nov 20, 2019 | Germany
Though I was not there when the United States Government delivered our United States Government owned washer and dryer–on loan for the next three years–I do know Jules asked if they could be stacked. Sure they said. But what they did not do was attach a...
by Scot Shumski | Nov 20, 2019 | Germany
I recall meeting a Canadian in the 20th century who mocked our currency. It’s all two colors, there is no difference between the dollar amounts. I remember thinking at the time, at least our currency doesn’t look like it was designed by a preschool...