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Breakfast
Category: Culture
Date: Jul 6, 2008
User: cls1859

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One of the things I remember as a small child while staying with my Swiss grandmother during a week in the summer was a breakfast, "mush"-style dish of cornmeal and coffee. She called it "reeble", or at least that's want the word sounded like to me. It was an interesting tasting concoction that I recall with fondness. I asked my mom about it, but she does not share the same fondness for it and its+ more..


long awaited - finally here SWISS MISS 'heimweh"
Category: Culture
Date: Jun 4, 2008
User: elianeperforms

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www.swissmissmusic.com  www.myspace.com/swissmissmusic

 

the brand new cd from SWISS MISS  "heimweh" featuring:

 

NUBYA, MIA AEGERTER, GIGI MOTO, CORIN CURSCHELLAS, ANDRA BORLO, HIRSUTE, JAMIE WONG LI, IRINA SIMONETA, CHRISTIN MAHO, YOLANDA SCHALLBETTER, CONNNIE STADLER, ELIANE, alphorn player ELIANA BURKI, human beatbox master NINO G. and many more.

 

what are heidi’s granddaughters up to? 12 renowned

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Memorial Day 2008
Category: Culture
Date: May 27, 2008
User: anonymous

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 What a great week-end/monday at our Swiss Farms Cottege.   Clebrating my Grandfathers birthday and a great reason for a holiday here in the U.S. .   Julius Baur, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, was first to come to the states from my family.  This week-end we celebrated his and my Grandmothers B-day and wonderfull time on this planet.  We joined together in Dryden, Michigan.  Our cottege is set back

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MothersDay 2008 May 11
Category: Culture
Date: May 8, 2008
User: Hans A Loefflerr

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1907 Anna Jarvis, started the crusade to found a memorial day for women.

The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the United States, Mother's Day was loosely inspired by the British day and was imported by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War. However, it was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the Mother's Day

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MUSICsCULpTURE (3) US & CH Anthem, Anthem-City & Pavilion Helvetia

Category: Culture
Date: Apr 24, 2008
User: Hans A Loefflerr

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MUSICsCULpTURE (3) US & CH Anthem, Anthem-City & Pavilion Helvetia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Spangled_Banner (1) "The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old amateur poet who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry"[1] after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, by Royal+ more..

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