Last winter, there was ice on the windows... Perhaps, now, we miss that cold edge to the air? The long walks along the river, the parcs, the lakes. A cold Sekt on a bench, long rides in the vibrating forests, the discovery of ancient sites, the monuments to deep history... The storm. Each day … Continue reading Looking back… #Iamwriting
Art
Le grand homme de la nuit
The park is immense: we leave the car near the house on the lake, where the couple lived, and where, we can imagine, Hélène planned her acquisitions. We walk around the house, a structure that inspires solid wealth, and a longing for a bygone age. The sombre bricks reflect in the water, children have … Continue reading Le grand homme de la nuit
Culture #DailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. It's all that we have learnt, and forgotten. It's all that we remember, suddenly, as we walk through the woods, and see the castle, across the lake, which reminds us of beauty and the beast, of treasure island, of snow-white and her friends the … Continue reading Culture #DailyPost
Albrecht Dürer: Hieronymus Holzschuher, 1526
What is hidden behind the patrician gaze, the powerful shoulders, the venerable beard and white mane? In our Lord's year of 1526, much is still to happen in your country... But where is your country? Is it Bavaria? So tells us history... What dreams or wild ambitions do your calm eyes keep away from … Continue reading Albrecht Dürer: Hieronymus Holzschuher, 1526
#FiveSentenceFiction: Villainous
We met in the Alte Nationalgallerie, in Faust's metropolis, admiring old masters, he, well into eighteenth century German painting, and I, as ever the historian, researching the pre-1870 period, before the Iron Kingdom turned into the centre of the new Reich. A passing comment, near Toteninsel of Arnold Böcklin, started up our conversation. "I can't locate your accent," he … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Villainous
#WritersWednesday: September 11, 2013
Reflections on a dying Summer Today is a day of mourning, for all those who died twelve years ago, for all those who died or were maimed in the years that followed since, sacrificed on the altars of folly, greed and bigotry. We will never forget. We will continue to pray for your souls. The world … Continue reading #WritersWednesday: September 11, 2013
#TellMeAboutYourself ~ an Award
Gracious and talented Katherine Hopkins, who hails from the KD Defehr poetry and photography blog (btw is the actual photography blog at http://kristydefehr.wordpress.com/?), has nominated this sinner for the Tell Me About Yourself Award, which made me blush no end through my January suntan... Thank you Katherine: you are an angel and a very promising young … Continue reading #TellMeAboutYourself ~ an Award
