Monday Mysteries: Miracle Chicken
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Today’s Monday Mysteries post answers the question: What is the Tübingen legend of the chicken?
Category Archives: History
Monday Mysteries: High Water Mark
I’m adding a new series to the blog starting today called Monday Mysteries. It was inspired by a book that Chris and I ran across recently which talks about 50 secret places or little-known stories that “solve” the mysteries of things … Continue reading
Color-Blind Mukka
It’s time for Food on Friday: today’s topic is making cappuccino at home in Tübingen.
On the track of the Trailblazers
So my photography lecture about The Trailblazers went well yesterday, despite a relatively sparse turnout (11 people, including the organizer, her intern, and Chris.) Ah well. People speculated that perhaps it was scheduled (by the group that hosted the talk) … Continue reading
20th Century American Photographers in Focus
Thanks to everybody for all the well-wishes here and elsewhere regarding my photography talk last night at the d.a.i. here in Tübingen. I’m happy to report that all went very well.
Not quite the moment
Last week I mentioned that fun little story about what the first prime minister of Baden-Württemberg did when all the representatives had finished signing the new constitution which officially joined the regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
60 years and counting
I’m taking a short class on the history of Baden-Württemburg, the region of Germany we live in. This region is only 60 years old, having been formed by popular referendum in 1952.