A poem and translation for Advent: “Light is Love”, by Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914) Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Licht ist Liebe, von Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914)
A poem and translation for Advent: “I Want to Leave These City Streets”, by Gerrit Engelke (1890 – 1918) Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Ich will heraus aus dieser Stadt, von Gerrit Engelke (1890 – 1918)
A poem and translation for Advent: “The Snowman on the Street”, by Robert Reinick (1805 – 1852) Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Der Schneemann auf der Straße, von Robert Reinick (1805 – 1852)
A poem and translation for Advent: “It Is Advent”, by Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890 – 1947) Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Es ist Advent, von Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890 – 1947)
A poem and translation for Advent: “Promise”, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 – 1929) Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Verheißung, von Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 – 1929)
I placed my lunch order at a local restaurant, and while I was waiting, I did what everyone else was doing in the burger joint. I stared at my phone. I had no idea my phone had so little battery left, but it died suddenly, before it even connected to the WiFi.
I turned 35 this week. Labor Day is also our 1-year anniversary of moving to LA, so it’s been a week to reflect on getting older and making changes. A while ago, I heard Susan Neiman interviewed on her book Why Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age, and some of what she talks […]
Today is the traditional date of Shakespeare’s birthday. I almost did a double take when I saw this news item from the BBC last week: Kyrgyz mayor dons fake beard to tour city in disguise The mayor of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek says that he sometimes tours the city in disguise so that he can see […]
Yesterday’s Advent Calendar entry was a lovely, simple winter picture called “Wintersonne“, “Winter Sun”. Today’s treat is a wonderful poem by Martin Greif (1839 – 1911). I admit, as an American Protestant, I had no idea what a St. Barbara’s Branch is. There’s not even an English Wikipedia entry, here are a few sections from […]
Today’s Advent Calendar entry has a catch: it already has a translation. This is an adaptation of Aesop’s fable by August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807).