tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post3095398728410272785..comments2024-03-28T21:58:56.757+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Odenwald Break: Day 1Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-4570650079493043242022-10-05T06:40:25.291+02:002022-10-05T06:40:25.291+02:00I do hope it was a particularly nice breakfast, es...I do hope it was a particularly nice breakfast, especially as the prince died so young!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-70336585037952204132022-10-05T05:26:42.289+02:002022-10-05T05:26:42.289+02:00Erecting a stone to celebrate breakfast reminds me...Erecting a stone to celebrate breakfast reminds me of something hobbits would do. Perhaps it was a particularly nice breakfast?<br /><br />I love the bird sanctuary lake.Laura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-44314165957567023042022-09-30T06:36:54.323+02:002022-09-30T06:36:54.323+02:00Thank you, Rachel.Thank you, Rachel.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-7030841889784044472022-09-30T06:36:44.430+02:002022-09-30T06:36:44.430+02:00Admittedly, I know next to nothing about Kokoschka...Admittedly, I know next to nothing about Kokoschka, and of all the authors you list, the only one I have read (and really love, and personally met at a reading many years ago in Marbach) is Walter Kempowski.<br /><br />Down below in the Neckar valley, the opposite side of the river has a road and railway tracks, while "our" side only has a single lane not open to general traffic. And even with trains, cars and freight ships passing, you are hardly aware of it as the noise does not reach the woods up where we were walking.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-52481134070949144852022-09-30T06:32:28.772+02:002022-09-30T06:32:28.772+02:00I have an ever better picture of another day passi...I have an ever better picture of another day passing there, you will see it in a later post.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-66240947046100128052022-09-30T06:31:48.473+02:002022-09-30T06:31:48.473+02:00Of the oak tree, I made a mini video moving the ca...Of the oak tree, I made a mini video moving the camera from the ground up, since I could not get it all in one picture otherwise! But I can not show you the video here because O.K. is standing under the tree, and he does not want me to show him on my blog.<br />I know you would have loved that refuge! We did not spot any birds that time, but we did not stay very long because of our appointments back at the hotel, and we all know that it takes patience and time to observe wildlife.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-57199093516079780872022-09-30T06:29:22.917+02:002022-09-30T06:29:22.917+02:00Thank you, Ellen.
If that holiday had not been pla...Thank you, Ellen.<br />If that holiday had not been planned months ago, before the situation with my Dad became what it is now, maybe we would not have gone. But we knew we were only a bit more than an hour's drive away.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-62180926263903334612022-09-29T22:14:36.464+02:002022-09-29T22:14:36.464+02:00Lovely to read this account Meike. Lovely to read this account Meike. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-22033352104851429882022-09-29T22:08:27.221+02:002022-09-29T22:08:27.221+02:00Like Anon I feel privileged to be looking down on ...Like Anon I feel privileged to be looking down on the Neckar, a blue sliver, embosomed in those breezy Odenwald trees.<br />As for Wilhem von Baden, if I saw a paperback novel in Waterstones, with that name on the cover, I would have to read it.<br />I remember the first time I discovered Hans Hellmut Kirst, Henrich Boll, Ingeborg Bachman, Gunter Grass, Christa Wolf, Gert Hofmann, Walter Kempowski, Herta Muller, Jenny Erpenbeck, Annette Hess, Birgit Vanderbecke, Ursula Hegi etc.<br />I hardly went back to the Americans after discovering the Germans !<br /><br />Online, *10 German Books by Women Writers We'd Love to See in English.*<br />Literary Hub. Katy Derbyshire.<br />Julya Rabinowich's untranslated novel *Krotenliebe* is about the Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) not my favourite painter but a fascinating man who lived in turbulent times like Hans Hellmut Kirst, who smoked cigars like Brecht and Hofmann.Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-9828806807207948072022-09-29T16:02:11.545+02:002022-09-29T16:02:11.545+02:00Love the photo looking down on the river Neckar. I...Love the photo looking down on the river Neckar. I can see why it became a favorite view for you. MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-47828569215578810852022-09-29T15:49:26.046+02:002022-09-29T15:49:26.046+02:00What beautiful photos! I love that ancient oak tre...What beautiful photos! I love that ancient oak tree. I am intrigued by the "breakfast stone". I do wonder if anyone could find out for sure how the young man really died? Sometime rumors are correct but not always. <br />That refuge for birds? That is the kind of place for me too! Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-77362068766679326072022-09-29T15:43:19.562+02:002022-09-29T15:43:19.562+02:00Wow! that is really lovely, Meike! You should plan...Wow! that is really lovely, Meike! You should plan a hike in the season when those lily pads are blooming and the herons are there to pose for you! <br />You certainly know how to enjoy a holiday! :)Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.com