October 4, 2024 What has been left The lost bath slipper as “LULKOEK” “Wait not to find thy slippers,But come with thy naked feet;We shall have to passthrough the dewy grass,And waters wide and fleet.”(H.W. Longfellow no title)‘s Hertogenbosch (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)
July 13, 2024 Street Scenes The eye that never sleeps “Close thine eyes and sleep secure,Thy soul is safe, thy body sure;He that guards thee, He that keeps,Never slumbers, never sleeps.”(Fr. Quarles in A good night)Yvoz-Ramet (B)
February 12, 2024 Still Life What a miracle, it was shot wrong! “»Es ist ein Schuß gefallen,Mein! sagt, wer schoß da drauß?«Es ist der junge Jäger,Der schieß im Hinsterhaus.”(J.W. von Goethe in Schneidercourage)‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)