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Advent Concerts by the Müllheim Chamber Choir

Christian Velten — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:20:35 +0000

On November 8th/9th 2026, the Müllheim Chamber Choir is going to perform a dazzling array of lively, dance-inspired Advent music from Latin America and Europe.

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Living where other people spend their holidays

Christian Velten — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 19:54:00 +0000

My wife and I have a new project. We are renovating a new home in the Black Forest. A truly lovely place to be. The woods around produce a lot of good air, oxygen and positive energy. Hiking trails are nearby. We instantly perceived a kind of ‘revitalization’ on the spot. And it is an [...]

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The Art of Aquascaping

Christian Velten — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 13:38:00 +0000

During the boring COVID-19 lock-downs I rediscovered one of my childhoods hobbies, fishkeeping. I wanted to fight a bit the personal lows with my department, all being stuck at home alone for a few months already and likely a few more. So, I gave ourselves a summer-at-home challenge to do something creative. Something fun also [...]

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Photographic Workshop in the Black Forest

Christian Velten — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:23:37 +0000

People who know me a bit better also know that photography is my personal passion. Even provided it is not really my preferred genre, but I took an opportunity to improve my capabilities on landscape photography at a 1-day small-group workshop in the Black Forest, Germany. Together with a professional photographer we started in the [...]

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Müllheim Chamber Choir performing “Sunrise Mass” and “Tango Mass”

Christian Velten — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:08:00 +0000

Music was my first love … and I really enjoy playing it. As a young man I had been a quite active trumpet player. For the last ~20 years I switched to singing in a choir. I particularly enjoy doing music together with others, forming one orchestrated musical body, listening to each other, contributing to [...]

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Right, I’m off then …

Christian Velten — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:05:40 +0000

How to smartly manage being off for 2-3 weeks without caring for business email and phone.

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About self-perception

Christian Velten — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:39:53 +0000

Humorous realization about mistaken perceptions over time.

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Leaving 2015 positively

Christian Velten — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:44:29 +0000

2015 has been a good year! It might not appear as such on the first view. And unfortunately there are always enough "devaluators" who are first and foremost fixated on crises and conflicts. But a lot of positive and good things happened in 2015 which are worth to look back on. In the German newspaper DIE ZEIT (#52, 23.12.2015) Hannes Soltau, Merlind Theile and Doreen Borsutzki published a remarkable collection of facts.

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Sense and sensibility

Christian Velten — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:37 +0000

Traditionally an old years end is the time of reflections. No, I do not mean the bright glittering snow in some people winter holidays. I am talking about thoughts regarding the sense of life. Did I get the best out of the old year? Could I have done something better? What will be in the [...]

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Once a scout, always a scout

Christian Velten — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000

For more than 25 years I had been an active boy scout. A very active boy scout. Scouting tremendously contribute to my personal growth and development in my early years. I spend time together with other kids having totally different backgrounds, which definitely broadened my perspectives. And I had amazing leaders, mentors and friends who [...]

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