Just a quick postscript to yesterday’s post about the first day I took photos with the new cell phone camera. As I mentioned, I did take photos in rooms other than the bedroom, but my favorite photo, yesterday’s LLM’s Unmade … Continue reading
There’s a story that the American photographer Imogen Cunningham used to tell about her friend and fellow photographer Dorothea Lange. The two women were contemporaries but had different styles of photography: Cunningham once said that she “need never photograph ugliness”, … Continue reading
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at a Pelican and her children and why they are engraved above an Apotheke doorway in downtown Tübingen.
So after months of debating whether or not I should get one, I recently decided to buy a smartphone. One of the uses for a smartphone is to use it as a cellphone. However, I actually didn’t buy a phone … Continue reading
Today is the day before Lent begins this year. In some parts of the world, this day might be called something like Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. Here in Tübingen, I unofficially call it the “Last Call for … Continue reading
Today on Monday Mysteries we examine the question of why so few of the half-timber houses in Tübingen have wood that is painted yellow.
Today I hope you indulge me as I do a little bit of shameless self-promotion. After years of saying I was going to do this, I finally did it: I just self-published an eBook on Amazon. Called Life on a … Continue reading
Today on Monday Mysteries we solve the puzzle of what I got the day I bought a white fish dressed in black.
I have owned a Victorinox Swiss Army knife for 30 years. I’d wanted one as a teenager — I would see an animated display of a giant one opening, closing and spinning around in the shop every time I went … Continue reading
Today on Monday Mysteries we learn about the ornate, huge sundial in Tübingen that only counts from 2-7.