Continue Reading Language fails Words fail. Well, they fail me, which is why today you are getting smarter, more experienced and reflective words from someone else….
Continue Reading Language around me. So here I was on my river walk last week, all Surrounded by The world spoke to me, in multiple genres. There were warnings, promises, exhortations, There…
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…
