Two dots on the map. Northern Germany. Northeastern France. Rain tapping on two windows, steam rising from two mugs. It’s Monday morning, and the Mayor—our host in Cleebourg—opens the week the Pineapple way: with a warm, slightly mischievous conversation about learning something new. On the other end is Ralf, a barbecue romantic with eleven grills,…
On a stormy evening in Johannesburg, a teacher logs on and a French teenager in Strasbourg answers from a bedroom scattered with sketchbooks and scout gear. Across continents and time zones, the talk finds its natural center: creativity—not as a museum piece, but as a living muscle that warms the room, solves everyday problems, and…
It’s barely light where Frank is—Cleebourg mornings come on grey and slow—and yet the conversation clicks on like a lamp in a kitchen. “And we are live,” he says, twice for luck, while Fruitloop (Janita) laughs on the other end of the line. Between them lies a continent, a generation, and a shared project of…
It’s 10:30 in the morning somewhere, lunchtime somewhere else, and almost summer in a few hearts. A chorus of “Are we recording?” gives way to the soft crackle of global hellos: a retired professor in London clearing his throat; a teacher-turned–school inspector joining from São Paulo, still catching her breath; a new voice from Strasbourg,…
It’s a sunny morning in France when Frank sits down with Manfred, a 64-year-old software programmer from northern Germany. Outside, autumn leaves swirl in the wind; inside, the conversation is alive with something timeless — not nostalgia, but perspective. Manfred is semi-retired now, working for a Swiss train manufacturer. But when he started, his hands…
On a weekday afternoon in France, with sun streaming through the windows, three squares lit up on a screen. Frank, the host in Alsace, sat between time zones like a friendly air-traffic controller. One tile showed Ismar in western Brazil, coffee in reach and the Paraguayan border not far away. Another framed Ritesh in Bengaluru,…
It’s early morning in Germany, and Alexander sits in his tidy home office — coffee cup within reach, laptop glowing with the faint light of unfinished work. The topic of today’s conversation is everyday life skills — those small, invisible habits that make the world run smoothly: cooking, cleaning, planning, or simply remembering to breathe…
On a sunny weekday morning between Alsace and northern Germany, two rectangles of light open on the screen. Frank smiles the way broadcasters do when they know a good story is coming; Ralf—cheerful, precise, already caffeinated—waves hello. The topic is everyday life skills, the sort we learn not from textbooks but from kitchens: how to…
Introducing Brida’s November Theme: “Skills” There’s a quiet moment that happens before every new skill begins.A pause between “I can’t” and “Maybe I could.”That’s where November begins. Across the Brida community, we’re opening the month with one deceptively simple word — Skills — but behind it lies a universe: the tools we build, the instincts…
