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24 Sep

Danger! Impending blindness! – #1666

Now, I’m not for the Nanny State, with bureaucrats telling you what you can and can’t do at their whim (Friends are renovating a 1930s cottage in New Zealand. It’s…
24 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
23 Sep

Rip van….. – #1665

…Winkel jb. It appears that I fell  under the spell of the Demon Alcohol sometime back in September, nodded off, time-warped and woke up just before Christmas. That’s my only…
23 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
22 Sep

Here’s lookin’ at ya, kid.. – #1664

It’s not that I’m paranoid, but these sunflowers keep following me… Now wonder the Italians call them Girasole. Trivia alert: That’s where Jerusalem Artichokes come from. Although the plants are…
22 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
21 Sep

Tools of the trade – #1663

At Ulla Nelles-Halft‘s studio
21 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
20 Sep

Sunday’s Child – #1662

Uli  (for Ulrike)  Zawar is the owner of “Sonntagskind“, a shop that can’t make up its mind* whether it’s an espresso bar or a kiddy clothes shop. (*It doesn’t need…
20 September, 2012 at 13:00 9 Comments
19 Sep

Mainz – then and now Part 1 – #1661

The Egon Schönberger story has helped me uncover aspects of Mainz that had escaped me until now. It’s only when you start looking for specific locations that you realise how…
19 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
18 Sep

Fast forward….. – #1660

  …oh, about 24 years. We first met Ulla Nelles-Halft in 1988 at an amateur artists’ market in a small village way out in the woops. She was waaaay best…
18 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
17 Sep

Bobbing around – #1659

Buoy, oh buoy was it calm on the Main the other day….
17 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
16 Sep

Ei Hilde, wasissenDES…? – #1658

On the market the other day at the Sicilian stand – Signora Anna whose hair must have chameleon DNA, because it changes colour EVERY week and hubby who looks as…
16 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
15 Sep

Dream on…. – #1657

That was last week. Beach bar on the banks of the Rhine. Winter woolies are what you need at the moment….
15 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
14 Sep

The End of the Golden Weather – #1656

Cold front from the Atlantic meets warm air from the Sahara. Big stoush. Lightning, Thunder. Downpours. Atlantic cold front wins.
14 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
13 Sep

Locks II – #1655

PDA*s on the lenticularly-trussed railway bridge across the Rhine. There are so many of these darn things attached to the fence that the bridge is taking on a significant list…
13 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
12 Sep

We can’t go on meeting like this….. – #1654

No sooner do I meet Till and his mum Julia when I bump into them exactly a week later at the same place – Caffee Moguntia’s TSOW. Purely by chance,…
12 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
11 Sep

Lock – #1653

11 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
10 Sep

Love’s Labour’s Lost – #1652

The characters: Ferdinand – King of Navarre Lord Berowne – attending on the King (also spelt Biron) Lord Longaville – attending on the King (also spelt Longueville) Lord Dumaine –…
10 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
07 Sep

2 degrees of separation – #1649

Sophie Preußer asked me the other day where I got my ideas for MDP. Sometimes it’s a combination of inquisitiveness and haemo-dementia (The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum), sometimes it’s…
7 September, 2012 at 08:00 9 Comments
06 Sep

On reflection – #1648

Late in the day on the Rhine
6 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
05 Sep

Talk about multi-tasking – #1647

Sophie Preußer… – is doing 2 degrees (BA in Cultural Ethnology – almost finished, BA in Journalism – just started) – working for ZDF, one of the 2 national taxpayer-funded…
5 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
04 Sep

New friend – #1646

Bumped into Flor-Maria at Caffea Moguntia this am, sans Felipe who’s made the big move to kindergarten. The appearance of Till with his mum Julia made up for his absence,…
4 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
03 Sep

Simplicity – #1645

The Potsdamer Hof is a vineyard restaurant on the outskirts of Bodenheim, a proverbial HSAAJ from Mainz. We rocked over on Friday (the planned visit to Mainz’s wine festival in…
3 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
31 Aug

“To every thing there is a season…. – #1642

…… and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Too true. Mr Eccles Iastes wrote that, Pete Seeger put the words to music, the Byrds sang it. It’s about…
31 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
30 Aug

Cornucopia – #1641

Mainz’s market in late summer
30 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
26 Aug

Looks familiar…..#1637

Well, I’ll be buggered! It’s Bro Paul of Auckland West fame! Not quite as coincidental as one might think, though. Having met for the first time in early 2011, again…
26 August, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
13 Aug

Come in Number 7, your time is up …. #1624

Who says these Germans don’t have a sense of humour or wit? “Einzigartig” Means “Unique” If you’re introducing a …um…revolutionary bike hire concept, why not brand it “Mainzigartig Mobil”? You’ll…
13 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
12 Aug

Remnants – #1623

‘Interieur 253, the cafe-cum-restaurant attached to the Arp Museum in Rolandseck.
12 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
11 Aug

In training – #1622

I’ve just found out that I’m fairly competitive with the Olympic marathon runners. The women. Them running, me on my mountain bike. I’ll see if I can qualify for Rio…
11 August, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
10 Aug

Not a chance – #1621

I can safely offer a free coffee at the TSOW to anyone who comes up with a location for this Madonna. The only people who know a) don’t have a…
10 August, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
09 Aug

Pruning the galaxy – #1620

Serious arboreal trimming taking place in Bretzenheim’s Milky Way (Milchpfad) Not really – the Milky Way is the Milchstrasse and this was the path along which farmers brought dairy products…
9 August, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
08 Aug

Guest photog – #1619

Ms jb’s friend Gudrun supplies her with a steady stream of images. I don’t think she (Gudrun) really knows how good a photographer she is… Eltville on t’other side of…
8 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
07 Aug

Lawbreaker – #1618

Again. No stopping? On a farm track through a motorway underpass? OK. I’ll move…
7 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
06 Aug

Under the bridge – #1617

That’s the A63 up there. Always makes me think of David Lindley. Worth 10:04 of anyone’s time..   Saigon, it was all gone The same Coke machines As the streets…
6 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment