Month: October 2015

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Halloween in Gutenberg Land

Germans love  putting on costumes, Painting faces, Drinking - (bigtime) And since Carnival, the "Fifth season" time when they usually do all this, starts on the eleventh of November. (Eleven, German ELF, is the short version of the slogan of the French revolution, egalite, liberte, fraternite,) with the formation of the military companies or corporations, … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Halloween in Gutenberg Land →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Bread Rage

Germans have a thing about bread. And proud they are of the fact. 365 kinds of bread, so goes the advertisement, one for each day. Every corner has a small bakery. Our little village has four. And they all survive. Hard rolls for breakfast, usually with cheese or luncheon meat. Ten o'clock "snail noodles" (cinnamon … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Bread Rage →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Are They REALLY Still Trying To Smoke Bananas?

I got a call yesterday, "please call back to set up a time you could set a discussion on drugs." What? Who? Me? Drugs? This was a pastor I have worked for a couple of times over the years- usually youth concerts, so I knew this discussion was going to be, if anything, unusual. And … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Are They REALLY Still Trying To Smoke Bananas? →

And A Bridge Image Flows Through It

What is it about bridges that we put them, especially the rickety ones, in every book or film we make? The Bridge of San Louis Rey, The Bridge over the River Kwai, A Bridge Too Far. Literature, and filmed literature, is full of it. And what about Indiana Jones? Rickety bridges hanging in the jungle, … Continue reading And A Bridge Image Flows Through It →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: All Hail Water Soluble Packaging

Germans, in their search for the perfect, ecological package, and please don't get me wrong- there's nothing wrong in what they are doing, but still- recently they have gone just a tiny bit too far- at least for my taste, and invented something that is slowly driving me up the wall: Water soluble packaging for … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: All Hail Water Soluble Packaging →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Sunday in Germany

Sunday, as I have often written in past blogs, is a big deal here in Germany. For the early risers, for example, we have the possibility of running: (through the fields collecting things.) And in an area on the edge of the town, with nothing but cash crop fields behind us, and, in season the … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Sunday in Germany →

What Social Media Can Tell You About Yourself

You can learn a lot about yourself by analyzing what social media sends you in your daily feed. Take animals, for example. I must be seen by the people who do the sending as a serious sadist, for example- all the animal pictures I receive are injured animals. Or animals forced by their masters to … Continue reading What Social Media Can Tell You About Yourself →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Pickin’ and Grinnin’

  My first thought, when trying to explain this phrase to someone who speaks English well, but is not from the American South, was: of course: A banjo battle between the greats: Roy Clark and Buck Trent, Showing all the incredible skill and talent of a real artisan, And all the joy, and creative silliness, … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Pickin’ and Grinnin’ →