Tag: Germany

Going Once, Going Twice, SOLD!

I’m all for capitalism. I’m all for people making a fair buck. But I am a huge supporter of socialism, too. How can this be? We, in the United States, owe our children a free education. That’s socialism. And I am all for it! In fact, I think providing every child with a free, quality education is one of the… Continue reading

Budapest & Prague: Day Eight (Karlovy Vary)

On the final day, our tour guide, Veronika, took us to Karlovy Vary, a beautiful little town nestled into the idyllic hills of the northwest Czech Republic. This is such an interesting place. You can see the mountains of Germany just a few miles away. One of the buildings was used in a James Bond movie. Many of the new… Continue reading

Transcendent

I just came across Eirc Whitacre‘s Virtual Choir, 2010.  His idea is brilliant.  His composition and conducting are glorious.  The finished product is sheer transcendence:  people all over the globe bringing voice to beauty.  This is spectacular:  technology in the service of beautiful, united though individual, human emotive expression—a true global collaborative effort at its finest.  You easily see both… Continue reading

Beautiful, Mechanical, and Delightfully Simple

Totally cool: not just the simple mechanics of the Catena* Wall Clock, but the color of the housing, wall, and numbers. Desgined by Andreas Dober for Anthologie Quartett of Germany, I’d love one of these, but it apparently costs $2,338.00 from unica home. Other unique clocks can be found at this link. [Source: unica home.] *catena is apparently the Latin… Continue reading

Gerd Ludwig Photography – Pause and Reflect

I saw this photo and stopped my feed reading (would that be called, feeding?). The power of an image. But as I explored more deeply, the power of Gerd Ludwig‘s body of work displayed on his site gives pause to the rush of my beginning day. I highly recommend you take a visit. His galleries are powerful. I especially appreciated… Continue reading

Hmm, Interesting…

I have had a total of 121 hits from the following countries: United Kingdom Germany Turkey Australia Hungary I seem to be a big hit in the UK and Austria.  Hi!  Whoever you are.  Would love to come visit!  :o) Most visitors to my site stay between 5 and 15 minutes and use Windows.  However, I have a healthy number… Continue reading