Category Archives: Books
Tuesdays with Eva
Eva was a competent driver with a good sense of direction. She loved being on the road, but she had zero respect for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. She did not approve of drug use, jazz, or anything at all … Continue reading
Recent History
This week… … We picnicked in Dahlem to celebrate May Day. I’m told that some other Berliners celebrated by rioting. … I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and DH read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Together we could corner you at a … Continue reading
Coffee Break
I take great delight in café breaks when I’m sightseeing, and I took the most pleasant of breaks on my first day in Wroclaw. The Monsieur Café is a couple blocks north of the Rynek, on a charming little side street with … Continue reading
Snippets
This week… … I cried at this because sometimes I forget how nice and sweet people can be. … We traveled to Amsterdam and ate lots of bread. … I broke up the routine and read a non-fiction book. … … Continue reading
View from the Rubble
We went to the woods because we wanted to “live deliberately,” and also because we didn’t feel like doing laundry at home. The Grunewald (Green Forest) is a few stops westward from our place by S-Bahn. We hiked up the … Continue reading
Homey
We haven’t done much to furnish our apartment in Berlin, due to a mixture of frugality and laziness (it’s almost exclusively laziness). I’m lucky in that Death’s Head is super fun to live with and his companionship more than makes … Continue reading
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Reader, I Watched It
I’ve had a special place in my heart for Jane Eyre ever since I first read it during my sophomore year. On one of Berlin’s recent lingering grey days, I got around to watching the latest movie version, and I loved … Continue reading
The Dead
Call me morbid, but after my last trip to a graveyard, I decided to go for round two. This time I visited the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Mitte, because some famous people are buried and memorialized there. I specifically sought out … Continue reading
Artsy
While I was in the area for errands last week, I visited the Neue Nationalgalerie. There’s art there, and these days all of the art is by Gerhard Richter. Do you know about him? He’s a German artist from Dresden, … Continue reading
Week in Review
This week I came to my senses and got a library card. Later, when I look back on my life, I will always wonder why I lived in Germany for a year and a half without getting one. It’s probable that … Continue reading
