Ragtag Daily Prompt: Grain
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The One that Got Away
The mouse from the Gruffalo book is a survivor if ever there was one. He survived the fox, the snake, the owl, and in the end even the Gruffalo. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Survivor
Two Words, Two Dogs
A portmanteau word s a word made by blending two words. Meet Buddy and Luna, both are labradoodles. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Portmanteau
He Couldn’t Stay
He was just on a quick drive thru. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Drive Thru
Pitschi
Pitschi is the story of a little cat who always wanted to be something else but which ends well, is the English byline of the book. It was written and illustrated by the Swiss artist Hans Fischer and published in the 1950s. Every now and … Continue reading Pitschi
Contradiction
She may have the twinkle around her eye but definitely no twinkle in the eye. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Twinkling
Electronic Quilt
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally small pieces of fabric sewn together, with padding in between both sides. Today there are shops selling materials specifically for quilting but in former times recycled pieces of fabrics were often used. So, there is no padding but here I … Continue reading Electronic Quilt
The Name Says It All
This is the panorama from the castle ruin Schauenburg above the town of Dossenheim at the Bergstraße. Schauen means “looking” in German, and one can see the Upper Rhine Valley, from Odenwald to Palatinate Forest, with Mannheim and Ludwigshafen in between. Although to be honest, … Continue reading The Name Says It All
Putting a Table to Good Use
Get down! That’s not a good use of a table. Now that’s a good use! Ragtag Daily Prompt: Table
Foward to the Past
The war memorial (in Germany usually referred to as warrior memorial (Kriegerdenkmal) because the names of the fallen soldiers are displayed) in our town was inaugurated in 1936 to honour the dead of world war I. The much longer list of fallen soldiers from world war II was added in the 1950s. Because of the bellicose demeanour of the sculpture it is now viewed critically. Instead of removing the sculpture the town has chosen to go a different route: in direct line passing the location of the former synagogue (destroyed in 1938) is a memorial for the victims of violence, war, and prosecution. I see it as a warning against a dystopian future which would resemble a not so distant past.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Dystopian
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