Category: random ramblings

  • #randomramblings: Courage, Contemplation and Creativity during Crisis

    Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, no, today there won’t be a #sundaystory* but an interims post due to the current situation. It’s not easy and it feels like the world was turned upside down, many things aren’t as we knew them or as how we got used to them for years, decades or even…

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  • #writerswednesday: Happy New Year! 2020

    #writerswednesday: Happy New Year! 2020

    My dears, I wish you all a Happy New Year! A new decade is lying ahead and I hope we use it to spread ideas and inspiration reflection and some contemplation breathe it in and smile some more set the sails and move from shore into the great wide sea to grow, become and be…

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  • #freelancefriday: Organisation & Time Management

    Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, as promised in the latest video on my balcony, here the next #freelancefriday. Today’s serving: As an entrée some notes on organisation in general, but especially as a freelancer, the main dish being helpful tools and methods that I use to stay organised and to schedule my time, and…

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  • #freelancefriday: Myths and Prejudices

    #freelancefriday: Myths and Prejudices

    Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, today for something different. First, I told you I prepared something to make up for my belated #writerswednesday post and secondly, I thought this idea was a good one. As I talked to other creatives and also listened to the German podcast Creative Kraut* from a good friend of…

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  • Blogwarming Party

    Hier Beitrag auf Deutsch lesen Welcome! Grab a drink, take a seat or join me on the dance floor and let’s celebrate together. The sofa is already there, decoration is not yet complete, table and chairs are ordered but not yet delivered, so take some cushions and make yourself comfortable in my place of creativity,…

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  • My Catalyst for Creative Impulses

    My dears, It’s already been a while since I’ve been blogging. But I’m on it, working on it. But here’s something, I wanted to invite you to: Follow me on Instagram! Why? Because, you know, sometimes, when it’s just too busy a time to sit down and write a blog post (including obsessive paranoia about…

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  • Happy (Chinese) New Year and Thank You!

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: freshandjuicy My dears, I am utterly, utterly sorry for not having posted for so long. And I know I have said that a hundred times before, but as plain as it sounds: sometimes life comes in between! I had planned so many blog posts and…

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  • Merry Christmas!

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar picture source: pixelstalk.net My dears, I’m utterly utterly sorry for not posting for so long. Recently I have been too busy to blog, but I hope I’ll find time during the holidays to get back to blogging asap and present some new texts to you! I wish you…

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  • Taking a shower

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Edtiing: GOTOX, 2011 Today a result from a writing exercise I had to do in one of my courses. Basically the exercise was this: Normally you handle adjectives and comparisons carefully, just like stereotypes, but this time, think about something that you did today and try…

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  • Cheese Macaroni

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar super fast, super easy and super tasty macaroni! 🙂 You need: 250g Macaroni 250g Ricotta 2 teaspoons of grainy mustard 3 spoons of chives salt and pepper 200g Cherry tomatoes, cut in half 100g dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped butter or oil for the form 100g…

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  • #tbt: Winchester – Now and Then –

    Dieser Eintrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar #tbt: November 2014 Two years ago I’ve spent a semester abroad in England. In Winchester to be precise. Before coming to the main topic, the short comeback to Winchester this year, I think I have to take a detour and start from the beginning. 3 months England. 3…

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  • Head Holiday

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: freshandjuicy An endless to do list. One task completed, two others added. The thought about all the things you would like to do (again) if you just had some time again. But first the washing has to be done, the house has to be cleaned,…

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  • #tbt: Quoteworthy

    Throwback Thursday to when I was quoted. With a little addition to the original at the end. You know, since I was 14 or so, I’ve been collecting. Everybody was collecting something back in those days. Be it little porcelain animals, candles, dried flowers, whatever it was, everybody had another obsession for collecting one thing…

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  • Can we ever make it right? Against constant blaming and shaming

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: No bilis It is noon. Coffee break. I’m scrolling through Facebook. In the newsfeed: a friend liked this photo. The picture shows a German TV hostess. She wears an outfit consisting of a jeans blouse and jeans trousers in the 70’s style, you know, a…

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  • Welcome to the Relaunch of my Blog!

    Dieser Eintrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar My dears, welcome to ginalaventura.com. As it is sometimes time to tidy up, clear out, re-accessorize and to decorate at home, so it is the case with the virtual space you call your own as well. So I welcome you to my freshly refurbished, decorated and restructured blog.…

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