After a solid month of writing nothing besides my NaNoWriMo novel, I've come out a month later with a lot more to say, and a fairly in depth novella! I introduce to you a winner and completed 50,000 words in a month novel excerpt. One-Way Ticket Man sieht sich immer Zweimal When a young woman … Continue reading One-Way Ticket Writing Sample
Das Große Nichts
Es gab wenige Straßen durch dieses Stück der texanischen Wüste. Wahrscheinlich war das nächste lebendige Wesen mehrere Stunden weit entfernt. Es war eine Wüste und eine Strecke, die wenig bereist wurde. Sie war gefährlich, da sich niemand um die Straßen kümmern konnte. Sie war so abgenutzt und von der Sonne geblichen, dass die weißen Streifen … Continue reading Das Große Nichts
For the Love of Art, and Verfremdung
Artists often criticize; they interpret the world within a new light; they portray a point through imagery. The Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka portrays a figure who is so obsessed with his own art and artistic interpretation, he takes it upon himself to torture his own body in order to criticize his onlookers, almost as the … Continue reading For the Love of Art, and Verfremdung
The Yuma Crossing
The further I go from Yuma, Arizona the more I appreciate what I have gained from growing up in the desert. You gain some value in temperature perspective. I don’t remember the 115 degrees in the summer time as a kid, and my memory seems to not recall burning my bare toes on the sidewalk … Continue reading The Yuma Crossing
Sankt Peter-Ording and Breklum, Northern Germany
During our CouchSurfing and mitfahrgelegenheit adventures in the northernmost border of Germany we passed through the small village of Breklum. The origins of this town can be traced back to the 4300–2300 BC and the church itself was built in 1200. It was the church in which my great great great great relatives (I haven't … Continue reading Sankt Peter-Ording and Breklum, Northern Germany
A Story About Dogs
I sat under my tree today. The prickly Acacia tree blocked out the sun. Its sparse leaves and thorns sheltered me from the 100-degree sun. My childhood dogs, all now six feet under, kept me company. A curl of my overgrown pixie haircut caught a puff of the wind and dangled over my eyebrow. Hair seems … Continue reading A Story About Dogs
Eine Analyse zweier Bücher, der Untergang der Menscheit in Effi Briest und Fabian
Aber gelangt der Mensch dadurch in sein Menschsein, an seinen Topos, so liegt doch seine höchste Möglichkeit, der Aufenthalt im Bereich des Bleibenden, über die Polis hinaus in der Theoria. Theoria und Praxis sind neben- und miteinander bestehende Lebenshaltungen, verbinden sich aber nicht zu einer höhereren Einheit. ~ Karl Schuhmann Je mehr, dass man sich … Continue reading Eine Analyse zweier Bücher, der Untergang der Menscheit in Effi Briest und Fabian
Moving Forward Requires Balance
In order for humans to learn a language they must acquire basics of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and of course vocabulary. Language is a method of communication; a way of conveying wants, needs and thoughts with other people. Second language students do not need to be taught how to learn a language because they already speak … Continue reading Moving Forward Requires Balance
Idioms in cross-linguistic language acquisition
“Don’t let him get your goat.” What does that even mean? One theory attains that the term actually stems from horse racing. Racehorses were stabled with goats to keep them calm. If someone wanted to sabotage a horse they would steal the goat the day before the race, and the horse would become so agitated … Continue reading Idioms in cross-linguistic language acquisition
O Friend! My Friend!
O Friend! My friend! Our long ride is over. Chasing our mirage in the desert, we're nearly there, one last storm and we’re over the hill! You’ve fought hard for every battle. Your desert hooves have torn under those prairie skies and Rocky Mountain summer, you turned the Plains asunder. Winter loomed ahead and … Continue reading O Friend! My Friend!
Poesie Sans, Souci 