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Up a Lake with Three Paddles

Wasatch Girl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:19:58 +0000

I’ve always loved canoeing. We spent our summers at Bear Lake paddling around in a black and yellow striped canoe my grandpa pulled out of the Garden City dump and resurrected for our entertainment. We called it the tippy…

Kaffee Klatsch with Mom

Wasatch Girl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:51 +0000

(KAH-feeklach): noun (fr. German Kaffee = coffee + Klatsch = gossip): a casual gathering for coffee and conversation.

“Coffee. C-O-F-F-E.” I waited a moment for my mom to finish with the final “e,” but the conversation took a turn from spelling…

Vespa Barbie

Wasatch Girl — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:10:43 +0000

Some big dog bikers around here call us bees, but Vespa riders know the real buzz. Sure, we’re less robust, lacking a manual clutch, and often come in pastels and flowers, but we’re nothing to trifle with.

Vespa is Italian for wasp. I…

The Inconstant Gardner

Wasatch Girl — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:40:19 +0000

“What’s that tree?”

“That? Oh, it’s a Leopard Tree. Well, that’s not its name in Italian, but it translates that way,” I lied. I worked as a tour guide in Italy for five years and in all that time I never could understand my…

Kaffee Klatsch

Wasatch Girl — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:36:40 +0000

(KAH-feeklach): noun (fr. German Kaffee = coffee + Klatsch = gossip): a casual gathering for coffee and conversation.

The wife of a German, one of the first terms I learned in the German language was “Kaffeeklatsch,” which means…