Twibber Stories
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Twibber Stories GermanyRemembering the Past Gives Calm and Joy Now
For a few weeks, we live again in lockdown here in Germany due to the coronavirus. All restaurants, museums, and sports facilities are closed. The possibilities to meet with friends outside are very limited, apart from strolling through the streets or greens.
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Twibber Stories UAEShopping for Greens? Here Is the Farm Inside the Supermarket!
Yesterday I went to a big supermarket I hadn't been to in a while. I wanted to buy some parsley, but couldn't find it, where I had remembered it being before. I asked one of the attendants, but her answer puzzled me: "It's over there, next…
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Twibber Stories FranceTreehouse Vacation Makes Social Distancing very, very Easy
Visiting friends in France recently, I learned that traveling can still be a marvelous experience in these difficult coronavirus times. My friends run a very special hotel in the countryside, just about one hour away from Paris: Their „Domaine de Frévent“ offers nights in tree houses.
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Twibber Stories GermanyThis Twibber Saved 1600 “Lucky Dogs” from Killing Stations
As a proud owner of four wonderful dogs (all got from animal shelters) my heart also goes out to other dogs. For about 15 years my association Lucky Dogs has rescued dogs from shelters and killing stations in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Roumania, Belarus, and other countries.
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Twibber Stories GermanyKathy, Berta, Susi, and Goldie Cheer up the Elderly – and Deliver Eggs as Well
As a social worker at Katharina-von-Bora-Haus, an old people’s home in Bochum/Germany, I asked myself a few months ago: How can we cheer up our inhabitants in times of coronavirus restrictions, when they receive few visits from their families and suffer from boredom.
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Twibber Stories GermanyMarie-Luise is a Proud Member of the Synchronic Swim Team. And She has been for 70 Years.
Being a journalist and a filmmaker I recently did research about elder people and loneliness. Accidentally I met Marie-Luise Jordan who is 90 years old – and all the opposite of a lonely woman.
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Twibber Stories GermanyHow our singing helps people with dementia
I’m a singer and have guessed for a while that singing can have a positive effect on people with dementia. My mother suffers from this disease. When I sing with her, apparently it not only improves her mood but also her cognitive abilities. After singing she…