tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post57091005229036581..comments2024-03-28T17:40:31.828+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: October MusingsLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-44545678310289292492020-10-22T08:43:31.183+02:002020-10-22T08:43:31.183+02:00I had interpreted the white space in your comment ...I had interpreted the white space in your comment as a pause for thought, not an accident!<br />My sister has been to Weissenhof (more than once, I believe). Wouldn´t it be nice if I could get her to write a guest post about it for my blog?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-34474899369860606872020-10-22T07:05:20.088+02:002020-10-22T07:05:20.088+02:00You are right, Mary, it is all different this year...You are right, Mary, it is all different this year - but different does not necessarily mean a bad thing, we just need to approach it from another angle.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-72457490987205174462020-10-22T07:04:24.460+02:002020-10-22T07:04:24.460+02:00Thank you, Graham - you, too!
Yes, such is life, a...Thank you, Graham - you, too!<br />Yes, such is life, and every year, coming back from our September holiday means looking at a long haul of almost uninterrupted work until Christmas. But of course, we have the weekends.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-51789219754585556632020-10-22T00:07:11.777+02:002020-10-22T00:07:11.777+02:00Wow, you've been so busy Meike, I can't ke...Wow, you've been so busy Meike, I can't keep up my dear! So happy you were able to enjoy a lovely holiday with O.K. The cancelation of such happy holiday events such as markets, parades, music concerts etc. are so sad - the same is happening here.<br />It won't be the same Christmas season we are used to but we'll make the best of it.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-40390461230339730732020-10-21T22:49:13.964+02:002020-10-21T22:49:13.964+02:00There is something rather sobering about reading a...There is something rather sobering about reading all your holiday posts one after the other and then suddenly being back in the normality of daily life and public transport. It's really sad about the Christmas market. Stay safe.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-423217409905261712020-10-21T22:32:59.430+02:002020-10-21T22:32:59.430+02:00One day when all this is over you and OK will will...One day when all this is over you and OK will will visit Weissenhof, which has more white space than the one I accidentally left in my Comment. You can write about it, along with Weimar, Dessau, the Tagblatt Tower, and the happy ghosts of Hannes Meyer, Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, the man who built tall and smoked Cuban cigars.Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83722664993159434732020-10-21T20:01:31.212+02:002020-10-21T20:01:31.212+02:00That Black Forest hike will be my next post, that&...That Black Forest hike will be my next post, that's for sure!<br /><br />I have just been listening to the main news here, and now our Minister of Health has caught the virus, too...Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-10464689246202769012020-10-21T19:58:29.040+02:002020-10-21T19:58:29.040+02:00Thank you, Mary! I rather have no Christmas market...Thank you, Mary! I rather have no Christmas market than a weird, downgraded version with no food stalls (that was the idea here in town before the numbers rose so drastically again).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-28417793107994067432020-10-21T19:56:30.972+02:002020-10-21T19:56:30.972+02:00Thank you! I never tire of beautiful skies.Thank you! I never tire of beautiful skies.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58085805699160677242020-10-21T19:56:12.474+02:002020-10-21T19:56:12.474+02:00We are already planning a private Christmas "...We are already planning a private Christmas "market" in the garden of my parents' friend - shouldn't be a problem to keep our distance, and if everyone contributes something Christmassy (including music - the friend plays the flute), it should be really nice.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-51094401921818386372020-10-21T19:55:10.796+02:002020-10-21T19:55:10.796+02:00Hildegard Knef was a great lady, but unlucky in ma...Hildegard Knef was a great lady, but unlucky in many of the choices she made.<br /><br />Trains are frequently mentioned on my blog, as I do not drive and depend on them whenever I want to go to O.K.'s for the weekend, and for some work appointments as well. I rather like train rides, provided my connections work out and it is not too crowded/too cold/too hot/too dirty on the train. The countryside I travel through most frequently is full of nice views, and every now and then I attempt to take a picture - it just never turns out really good from within the fast moving train and against the reflection of the window.<br /><br />Believe it or not, I have never actually visited Weissenhof.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83369306137643930222020-10-21T19:51:21.813+02:002020-10-21T19:51:21.813+02:00I can not even begin to imagine what it must have ...I can not even begin to imagine what it must have been (or still be) like for families with children in small flats, especially during the time when the schools are closed and in cases when the parents had no regular income and/or lost their jobs. Not being able to go to the Christmas market is the least on their list of worries.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-9849002217356361762020-10-21T17:55:23.580+02:002020-10-21T17:55:23.580+02:00I'm sorry to hear they have canceled your Chri...I'm sorry to hear they have canceled your Christmas Market. Many things like that have been canceled here as well but I've noticed that some are being replaced by virtual online versions. It is certainly not the same at all but still gives the merchants a chance to make some sales and provides shopping for those interested. We are seeing big rises in Covid here and now our hospitals are full as well. I don't expect this will be the best winter this year but we all just have to do the best we can with what we are given.<br /><br />Your days back home after your holiday sound nice with plenty of enjoyable walks and some visits with both your parents and some of O.K.'s family. I enjoyed your pictures as always. You have a nice variety of pretty clouds. Perhaps we will see some photos of the Black Forest in your next post? ; ) Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-32349538340502559182020-10-21T17:52:54.863+02:002020-10-21T17:52:54.863+02:00The Christmas markets have always been so special ...The Christmas markets have always been so special and, as you say, an integral part of life in Germany and much of Europe. I think it is the cumulative losses of 2020 that are getting to our psyches. Worst of all, the human toll in lives lost, jobs gone. There are no long term government supports for those who lose jobs in the US. And, unlike Europe, if you lose your job here, you also lose health insurance. So many are facing desperate situations.<br /><br />Glad you are still able to get out for your walks and to see O.K. and your family (even if at a distance). Enjoyed your sky photos.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-30691946990367822762020-10-21T17:01:50.430+02:002020-10-21T17:01:50.430+02:00Nice skies in your pictures.Nice skies in your pictures.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-52939998889461886972020-10-21T13:29:28.065+02:002020-10-21T13:29:28.065+02:00Busy and pleasant days- I find it much better to t...Busy and pleasant days- I find it much better to think about what I can do rather than what I can't. It's very sad about the Christmas markets- these are being cancelled in the UK too- will just have to find a way to mull my own wine and cook chestnuts!Cathyhttps://nanacathydotcom.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-11142946594972246532020-10-21T13:29:00.670+02:002020-10-21T13:29:00.670+02:00We are all children at Christmas. Sorry to hear th...We are all children at Christmas. Sorry to hear the Fair and Horse Market have been cancelled. If you can bear a cliche, it is always darkest before dawn.<br />Somehow I can hear a German woman consoling her children with words like these. I am seeing Maria Schell (she was Austrian-Swiss) or Hildegard Knef, who wrote a spellbinding autobiography I read long ago, *Der geschenkt Gaul* (the title is from a story by J.D. Salinger) which one reviewer called *a bitterly honest book*.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Walking to your heart's content, running, seeing your parents, friends, and data protection colleagues: this is what you will remember (happily) from this strange time of lockdown. (Incidentally, Hildegaard Knef was born in Ulm. And the city is mentioned in a wonderful travel book *Danube* by C. Magris.)<br /><br />Those string of trains you catch to see O.K. interest me. Didn't you write about those trains in an earlier blog? I value trains because they are the least invasive form of transport (motorways destroy countryside) and because places always look unfamiliar and enticing from a moving train. John Ruskin hated them, but if he had lived to see motorways, Ruskin would have been a train enthusiast. <br /><br />Not being in contact with people, as in pre-lockdown days, is the hard part. *All real living is meeting people,* Martin Buber said.<br />At least you had the 60th birthday party of OK's brother-in-law, and there are those Black Forest hikes. I can imagine myself catching one of your beautiful German trains and calling in at Stuttgart to see Le Corbusier's Weissenhof estate.<br /><br />Which reminds me. I bought Fiona MacCarthy's biography of Walter Gropius before lockdown, and still haven't read it. Tom Wolfe wrote a funny book called *From Our House To Bauhaus* which I must have read about the same time as Hildegard Knef's *The Gift Horse*.<br /><br />Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-64618933063889991172020-10-21T13:07:49.862+02:002020-10-21T13:07:49.862+02:00The restrictions are hardly any trouble to us eith...The restrictions are hardly any trouble to us either. It must be very difficult in crowded city areas, especially with children in apartments. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.com