Tag Archives: Goethe

My Monday in Miniature

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Steve

This evening, shortly before 10:30, Ms. S. starts the dryer. It’s a comforting sound, a hum and a buzz, a gentle rumble as the asymmetry and imbalance of jeans and socks tumble out of rhythm.

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I was raffle number 13; I didn’t win.

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Steve

1. Got up early, before my alarm went off, which, on a weekday, rarely happens anymore. It was about 7am, and the alarm was set for 7:15. I just lay there in bed, not wanting to get up, but unable … Continue reading →

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The halls are alive with the sound of muzak

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Steve

Last night I finished rewatching season 1 of Alias — my second rewatching of the season. Last winter while in Berlin I rewatched seasons 1-4 as well; it was the middle of season 5 at that point. See, all the … Continue reading →

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Let’s call today Blahday rather than Thursday.

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Steve

I got up late but not too late. No energy, even after a shower, tea, and cereal. Just no desire to do anything. For another blog I was writing about Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan (a large, beautiful, cycle of poems inspired … Continue reading →

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I like to be under the sea

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Steve

… In an octopus’s garden. I wanted a translation of Lenau’s short (7 stanza, 4 lines per stanza) poem “Die drei Zigeuner” (The Three Gypsies), so I searched 4M, which houses the German literature collection (see the PT area, in … Continue reading →

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