Geometric Square #15
Tag: Germany
I Wanted to Go to University
When I was little I wanted to become a university student. I was growing up near Heidelberg, home of the oldest university in Germany, and I found the atmosphere of the old part of town exhilarating (minus the throng of tourists, of course). I didn’t … Continue reading I Wanted to Go to University
I’d Quote BB
if I hadn’t checked it.
“Where right becomes wrong, resistance becomes duty.” is often attributed to Bertolt Brecht, the German playwright and theatre director and poet but according to research it is not (source: Deutsche Welle).
With the internet and now AI, it becomes more and more important to be conscientious. Even though FB has stopped doing it and other people like Musk and Trump don’t want to have done.
FOWC with Fandango: Conscientious
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The Road Goes Ever Ever on
under meadow green and fallen snow.
(With apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien – no further comment in order not to be long-winded, a fear that Tolkien didn’t know.)
FOWC with Fandango: Long-winded
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His new Hat Was Spotless
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Pristine
Grappling for a Hold
This eagle sitting on a sphere (not a world sphere just a ball) is watching over a war memorial for the fallen of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. He doesn’t look happy maybe because he was a visionary seeing more wars to come.
Monday Portrait
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Upper Flakeycreek
No, the proper name of the location is not that but it’s a literal translation. I was getting my daily walk yesterday afternoon in by driving into the hills and just before the sun went down I was rewarded with that view.
I’m a Boar with Canine Teeth
Really mean canine teeth.
The wild boar of the Boar Fountain in Eberstadt (aka: Boar Town), a part of Darmstadt.
Vanishing Transportation Ways
A country road in southwestern Germany, a waterway (Canal La Basse) in France. Geometric Square #11
On the Road
I’m used to seeing vintage cars, particularly really old ones like this one, at museums or possibly car shows, so I was startled when I saw this one nonchalantly pulling up at a petrol station and being filled up with normal petrol or possibly diesel. BTW: The H, the last letter on the car license plate, stands for “historic” and is reserved for vintage cars (provided they are maintained more or less like the original ) and it has advantages regarding insurance and tax purposes and I also think exemptions regarding emissions.
FOWC with Fandango: Operational
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