Continue Reading Language, redesigned. German is known for its compound words, the joining of two words that then create a new meaning, some of which have…
Continue Reading Language as Tool In 1995 the German publishing house Aufbau-Verlag printed two volumes of diaries, covering the years 1933 to 1945. They were written by…
Continue Reading Yellows “A ray of sunshine” is one way to describe a bit of good news. I saw that sunny yellow reflected in the…
Continue Reading Blues I am a failure. In more ways than one, but today I am thinking of my ignorance about modern abstractionism. Yup, literally ignorant. Give me…
Continue Reading Escaping the Maze. Today I am thinking about a ruler contemplating the invasion of Persia. Croesus, not tRump, in case your thoughts went there. There…
Continue Reading Mindsets Putting on my psychologist hat today. I think we can all agree that thoughts and feelings interact with each other. What I think…
Continue Reading Thoughts and Feelings “Be courageous when the mind deceives youBe courageousIn the final account only this is important” ― Zbigniew Herbert I am not good with New…
Continue Reading Of Apologies and Good Intentions Many people who celebrate Christmas have a decorated Christmas tree (if they are lucky: tree shortages are reported.) The custom actually predates…
Continue Reading Of Presepi and Snark and Pique I got scooped by the New York Times. Well, I had started to write about a tempest in a manger on Thursday…
Continue Reading Of Trains and Excuses With Christmas upon us, I tried to find some cheerful sights that bring us into a mood appropriate for the season and/or…
