The hills are alive
Two weeks ago we’d dropped by the community college to talk with the German teacher about which class I should take. I was registered for advanced, but my grammar is crap and my book learnin’ is very rusty. The teacher suggested I sit in on both A2 – mittlekurs, and B2 – advanced. A1 had …
We went snowshoeing today again. It was, as always gorgeous. And empty. Pics are here.
This is how close we live to cows.
Medieval Jewish costume In 1497, Maximilian I tossed the Jews out of Graz. This was the culmination of a bunch of lobbying work that pitted the Jews against the anti-Semites. The Jews were willing to pay to stay, the anti-Semites were willing to pay more to have them leave. I was lying awake steaming about …
Too lazy to read my last post? I’ll read it to you! Listen to it here as a podcast. It’s an mp3 so it should play in anything. If you want to get real personal, wear headphones. Production Notes: This is take two, I’ve swapped the mic – getting a little more echo, a lot …
Mozart is an venerable 250 years old today. The feeding frenzy in Austria leading up to this event began some time ago. My favorite odd by product of this marketing extravaganza is the Mozart-Wurst, a violin shaped sausage made from beef, pork, and pistachios. The creater, butcher Stefan Fuchs from Groedig, said the idea came …