MAJOBA Magnetic Bookmarks - ideal gifts for in-between

August 2019 - 'Boavista' live at Orlando
August 2019 - 'Boavista' live at Olando -   Summer time. Holiday time. The terrace of Orlando's small restaurant bursting full. The whole beach crowd had come to hear 'our' guitarists Daniel and Yannick play. Daniel is in his... »read more

Juli 2019 - The Lighthouse
July 2019 - The Lighthouse -     "Where is this lighthouse, anyway?" they keep asking me. Is it the Amrumer or the Sylter or this or that? Many buyers of my magnetic bookmarks, especially at the arts and crafts markets on the... »read more

June 2019 - The 'ufa-fabrik'
June 2019 - The 'ufa-fabrik' - I was sorting my Berlin pictures in the living room when my son Joel joined me. When he discovered the 'ufa-fabrik', he took the painting into his hand and sat down with me. He was obviously in a chatty... »read more

May 2019 - Karl Marx in Trier
May 2019 - Karl Marx in Trier -   Finally, the time had come: we had arranged the date and place for a meeting. And so, Eva from Odessa, Ute from Hamburg, Christiane from Normandy and me from Berlin travelled to Koblenz... »read more

April 2019 - In the Forest of Nieder-Roden
April 2019 - In the Forest of Nieder-Roden -   Girls' night out. Five of us sat around Gabi's living room table, in the middle was a pile of hidden cards for our little memory game. It was my turn to pick one. “Tell me... »read more

March 2019 - The Little Elephant
March 2019 - The Little Elephant -       "Are there magnetic bookmarks with elephants on them this year?" asked several customers at the Leipzig Book Fair. With a suggestive look at my husband Klaus, I replied that so far... »read more

February 2019 - In the Norwegian Sea
February 2019 - In the Norwegian Sea - "Oh, that’s a beautiful picture. A typical Swedish house," said a customer of mine, enjoying my motif depicting a fishing hut – actually painted in Norway! It stands on high wooden planks 300... »read more

January 2019 - At the End of the World
January 2019 - At the End of the World -   The end of the world always conjures up a name for me: Tierra del Fuego or, ‘the Land of Fire’. Smouldering volcanic cones, bubbling crater lakes? “None of this, but gigantic grass... »read more

December 2018 - Christmas Wight
December 2018 - Christmas Wight -       It was at Christmas time that I discovered the little knobbly felt figures. In the shop window of my Danish neighbour Tanja's translation agency, little wights glanced out between fir... »read more

November 2018 - The Dancing Tree
November 2018 - The Dancing Tree - "Mama, what do you like better," my daughter asked me many years ago, "the stars, the rivers, the trees or the flowers?" – “The trees", I answered her immediately. – “All?” she was quite... »read more