Tag: #Ragtag Daily Prompt
Wool Snuggery
Wool, of course, is Wolle in German. Which, considering my surname, leaves me spoilt for choice. Here is wool basket and a wool snuggery. “Wool chamber” and “wool parlour” didn’t sound good so I turned to a dictionary for inspiration – I think that our living room will be called “snuggery” from now on.
Places of Remembrance
This is the war grave memorial in Modautal. There are other cemeteries in Europe with graves from soldiers and civilians of many nations of the two world wars in the 20th century to remember these victims. They should be memorials not so much of “lest we forget” but rather of “never again”. Sadly, it hasn’t worked.
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We Don’t Need More Memorials
War memorials often show soldiers or warriors or national emblems. This one in Guttach in the Black Forest shows the survivors.
Huge and Tiny
The mural on this building in Mannheim is called “Nations in Peace – Colourful Cultures”. It has been designed with students from two schools under the guidance of the artist Bahaiden.
This painted pebble has the same message – albeit on a much smaller scale.
Both are necessary.
Boyish Pranks
The epitome of rascals are the two youngsters “Max and Moritz” from the poet and artist Wilhelm Busch’s story: Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks. This is them fishing for the Widow Bolte’s chicken dinner (after having killed the chickens which was their first prank).
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