The calendars for next year are out at the local stationary cum school supplies cum home decoration cum post office store.
They took their display stand at least a week ago, inviting the more organized citizens to stock up on photo themes of their choice for the next official round of life.
The range of themes is broad, reflecting an abundance of photos and paper, from the impressionist art calendar, that perennial date keeper for teachers and the relaxed middle class, to the alpine themed scenery of southern Germany.
North American images of wide open spaces from various national parks always sell well, as do ocean themed calendars.
Prices right now range from around a buck per month to two bucks.
The frugal folks of the K-Landnews are likely to go for gas station and pharmacy calendars, the smaller poor cousins of the large glossy ones.
There have also been years in which we declined the offer of the gas station attendant or pharmacist, an offer that gains just a little more emphasis during the last couple of weeks in the year.
The computer did all the calendaring in those years.
The bare bones rectangle of a month of the computer has, to TheEditor, the soothing quality of a Japanese rock garden.
Picking out a calendar is one of the highlights of the exciting life in small town Germany, and we will spent at least two or three whole minutes on the intricate process.
For the moment, though, the tomatoes and beans in the back need all our attention.
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