Continue Reading Burying Democracy Yes, I know. You are sooo done, at least for a while, with my lamenting around politics. Can’t we have a little…
Continue Reading Trekvogels The poem about migratory birds below was written at the end of World War II by one of the more prolific Flemish…
Continue Reading What could have been, coded in memes. Humor me. After all I spent hours in front of the TV yesterday, with goosebumps rising and tears falling. Tears of relief,…
Continue Reading History, coded in color. Inauguration – today we rejoice! Tomorrow we remind ourselves that the mascot is gone but the team remains intact. It is surely no…
Continue Reading Knowledge, coded in images I overheard that someone whose name shall no longer be mentioned, asked for 2 billion dollars to establish his presidential library. Hah!…
Continue Reading You read her here first! 22-year old poet Amanda Gorman was chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. I am linking back to my…
Continue Reading Language remembered “”Silence is the real crime against humanity.” – Nadezha Mandelstam Two nights ago there was a lot of wind and rain. I do…
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…
