Monatsarchive: Mai 2018

I can’t really remember, but it was somewhere along this road in 1997 that I asked a resident that. Petra was really embarrassed – „you just don’t ask people such things.“ That’s kind of my life in a nutshell. The … Weiterlesen →

After months of buying my own food I’d forgotten how much fun it is to walk up to a nice hotel Frühstück buffet, with five kinds of cheeses, liverwurst, preserves, everything! I like the ritual of hotel guests all saying … Weiterlesen →

Bach was born here in 1685. This is perhaps my fourth visit. It’s exciting every time.

Mittelbau-Dora had the highest mortality rate of any concentration camp outside of the death camps. The size of the tunnel complex is difficult to comprehend. The tunnels are filled with refuse, including large piles of V-1 and V-2 missile parts. … Weiterlesen →

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the forest. The woods were full of bird noises, and mosquitoes. No blasting today, possibly because it was Sunday. This is what looks like a sentry house on a pedestal, with … Weiterlesen →

My reading list is so long I don’t know when I’m going to get to this, but I really love the cover photo. It’s wonderful.

Guardian: [Texas Governor Greg Abbott]: “It’s impossible to describe the magnitude of evil here … we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a risk to others.” To say it’s impossible to describe the magnitude … Weiterlesen →

Having drinks with co-workers a year ago I expressed my concern the US was becoming a dystopia out of my childhood science fiction, with people having lost sense of history, of citizenship, community, having lost their ability to even think … Weiterlesen →