Monthly Archives: November 2021
NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY
RULES, TRANSITION AND DEATH I went to Heinrich‘s and Elke‘s house yesterday evening after going nowhere on a gloomy day. They are going to a funeral today of a childhood friend of Heinrich‘s who Kathe also knew. It is at
NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY
RULES, TRANSITION AND DEATH I went to Heinrich‘s and Elke‘s house yesterday evening after going nowhere on a gloomy day. They are going to a funeral today of a childhood friend of Heinrich‘s who Kathe also knew. It is at
NOVEMBER 28, SUNDAY
FAMILY Here it comes again, another transition. This trip has been full of transitions. To Athens, then Naousa, then Athens again, then Aschaffenburg, then Winsen all with new and interesting people and old friends. Each dislocation brings something new. And
NOVEMBER 28, SUNDAY
FAMILY Here it comes again, another transition. This trip has been full of transitions. To Athens, then Naousa, then Athens again, then Aschaffenburg, then Winsen all with new and interesting people and old friends. Each dislocation brings something new. And
NOVEMBER 27, SATURDAY
CELLE WEIHNACHT’S MARKT Saturday was a gloomy day with light rain in the morning. I had been planning to go to Celle to photograph the Christmas market but misread the bus schedule and thought there were not buses. But in
NOVEMBER 27, SATURDAY
CELLE WEIHNACHT’S MARKT Saturday was a gloomy day with light rain in the morning. I had been planning to go to Celle to photograph the Christmas market but misread the bus schedule and thought there were not buses. But in
NOVEMBER 26, FRIDAY
SO WHAT TO DO? Today Elke and Heinrich had to go to a funeral and a meal afterwards of a good friend. They will have to do that again on Tuesday. So I had the day to myself, a gloomy,
NOVEMBER 26, FRIDAY
SO WHAT TO DO? Today Elke and Heinrich had to go to a funeral and a meal afterwards of a good friend. They will have to do that again on Tuesday. So I had the day to myself, a gloomy,
NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
NEBENAN On Thursday I had potato pancakes with applesauce for lunch with with Heinrich and Elke and for supper Schnittbrot, bread cut up with cheese of several kinds and wurst of several kinds on top, for Heinrich and Elke the
NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
NEBENAN On Thursday I had potato pancakes with applesauce for lunch with with Heinrich and Elke and for supper Schnittbrot, bread cut up with cheese of several kinds and wurst of several kinds on top, for Heinrich and Elke the
NOVEMBER 24, WEDNESDAY
Yesterday Heinrich and Elke took me to the Deutsches Erdolmuseum, the German Oil Museum, in Wietze, to the village close by where we visited the Stechinelli chapel last week. I didn’t expect much. I knew that oil had been discovered
NOVEMBER 24, WEDNESDAY
Yesterday Heinrich and Elke took me to the Deutsches Erdolmuseum, the German Oil Museum, in Wietze, to the village close by where we visited the Stechinelli chapel last week. I didn’t expect much. I knew that oil had been discovered
NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY
DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what
NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY
DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what
NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY
NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed
NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY
NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed
NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY
DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask
NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY
DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask
NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY
UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We
NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY
UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 