August 7, 2024 What has been left The postman has a dirty bicycle “Eight o’clock;The postman’s knock!Five letters for Papa;One for Lou,And none for you,And three for dear Mamma.”(Chr.R. Rossetti, no title, in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book)Maastricht (NL)
July 31, 2024 Culture of Industry Put out one’s tongue at the safety measures “Yes, I have a thousand tongues,And nine and ninety-nine lie.Though I strive to use the one,It will make no melody at my will,But is dead in my mouth.”(St. Crane, no title in The Black Riders and Other Lines, no. 4)Maastricht (NL)
June 19, 2024 Culture of Industry The industry has its zen garden “Sammle dich und kehre ein,Lerne schauen, lerne lesen!Sammle dich – und Welt wird Schein.Sammle dich – und Schein wird Wesen.”(H. Hesse in Junger Novize im Zen-Kloster, no. 2)Maastricht (NL)