“Why make a fuzz about remembering. Forgetting is the challenge.” – Siri and Selma Dina A year ago I discovered an old collection of photos of Klausbernd’s family in a dusty photo album in the attic. It made me smile from ear to ear when I saw a children’s photo of him and his sister. As …
Cley Crash
First of all we want to say „THANK YOU“ to all of you who warned us that the last big flood might have uncovered mines on Cley beach and all who were worried and concerned after the helicopter crash in Cley next the Sea last night. Vorab möchten wir uns bei allen lieb bedanken, die …
Northern Mindscapes
Herzlich willkommen! Welcome! Velkommen! Nun sind Masterchen und wir liebklugen Buchfeen bei der lieben Dina eingezogen. Wir haben alle unsere Feensäckchen prall gefüllt mit spannenden Ideen mitgebracht. Now, Masterchen and we dear and clever Bookfayries have moved in at Dina’s blog. We have brought all our fairy bags packed with exciting ideas. Oh dear, that …
Lille Julaften
Do you know that in Norway the day before Christmas Eve is a holiday? It’s called Lille Julaften – Little Christmas Eve. We, the lovely Bookfayries Siri & Selma, asked our dear Dina to explain this funny holiday and her response was simple, “It’s the day we celebrate the start of celebrations!” This sounded like …
On Languages
How good is your English? Na, wie steht`s mit eurem Englisch? “Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree. Bad English will slam doors you didn’t even know existed.“ Gutes Englisch in Sprache und Schrift öffnet mehr Türen als ein College-Abschluss. Schlechtes Englisch verschließt einem Türen, von denen man …
On the Move
Wonderful news – Klausbernd and our two Bookfayries Siri and Selma from kbvollmarblog are on their way to this blog! All ready and set to move in! 🙂 As from January 2014 the four of us will run this blog together. Why? You can read all about here, also in German for our German readers. …
Gresham’s – a fine School
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk is a myth. Siri and Selma are always quite excited when we see the students in their smart uniforms when shopping in Holt. Gresham’s is an outstanding and very fine public school founded by Sir John Gresham in 1555. It’s one …
Green Hills of England
“It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the Mind descries. We see nothing till we truly understand it.” ― John Constable Mick recommanded a wonderful book by David Kennard, “A Shepherd’s Watch” (“Auf Englands grünen Hügeln”). In his review, Mick refers to my photos and points out, they are …
Waiting
“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting.” – Haruki Murakami, “South of the border, West of the Sun”
Hadrian’s Wall
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” I especially thought about the words of Edward Abbey as we where hiking on Hadrian’s Wall Path. It was such a beautiful day and the two bookfayries were so happy to fly next to each other, Siri in Scotland and Selma in England and …
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