More Colorful Language
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I focused on just the color “blue” the other day, but today I have just a few quick expressions to show that both German and English are full of many colorful expressions. Literally.
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Hair of a different color
A while back the owner of the hair salon where I get my hair cut encouraged me to color my hair. The encounter was more like an intervention:
Birth of the Blue Monday
The German word for the color “blue” is blau. In my German class today we learned a bunch of expressions that involve the color blue.
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A Peek at Poética
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Today I want to share a couple of works from a project I’ve been working on. The project is called Poética, a Spanish word for “poetic” or “the art of poetry”. The project name is in Spanish because I’m collaborating … Continue reading
An intriguing way to whet your whistle
So the other day Chris was clicking around the dial, and we happened on a show called Schlager Party.
The art of learning German
I’m taking a class at the moment the is a combination of grammar review, plus an introduction to words and expressions that come in handy when discussing works of art.
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Impressions
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I really loved how the trees below the buildings seemed so much more vibrant when covered with snow in that “postcard shot” I posted yesterday . I usually don’t notice the trees for the buildings, as it were, when I … Continue reading
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Frosted “window”
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Just a quick photo to post today: one of those “windows” onto an alternate world. I.e. It’s another reflection in a puddle in the pavement. In the original photo, you’ll note that the area surrounding the “window” is not … Continue reading
Step to the Left
The street shown in the photos below is one of the few streets where cars are permitted in downtown Tübingen, so it often has what passes for a “steady stream of traffic” here in the downtown streets, i.e. 3-4 cars … Continue reading
Bat Bridges in Biberach
There we were, eating breakfast this morning, when Chris starts humming the theme from the 1960’s Batman show as he’s reading the local news online. It seems that somebody is building a “bat bridge” in Biberach, a town in Baden-Württemberg.