Rouchswalwe
My blogs
| Introduction | Strands of my soul are dyed with gleanings gathered in dear familiar places in which I have lived. They come in handy when I trundle through my day-to-day life and when I encounter a memory long lost.
Now here is this on-line Ryokan, this Gistihús ~ Gasthof ~ Rivendell. ようこそ! Velkominn! Komm doch herein! Welcome to the Inn of describable little pleasures located on this Fünffingerplätzje'. 'Rouchswalwe' is Middle High German for 'Smoky Swallow'. |
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| Favorite Movies | Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (1936), Bell Book and Candle (1958), The Apartment (1960), Spartacus (1960), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Jack the Giant Killer (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Young Frankenstein (1974), Ladyhawke (1985), Shadows in Paradise (1986), Radio Days (1987), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Black Cat White Cat (1998), Corinna Corinna (1999), Gladiator (2000), Chocolat (2000), Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (2000), Lord of the Rings (2001), The Man Without a Past (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Garden State (2004), Everything is Illuminated (2005), Kingdom of Heaven-Director's Cut (2005), Sweet Land (2005), Das Leben der Anderen (2006), Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008), Incendies (2010), How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Barbara (2012), Wadjda (2012), Werk ohne Autor [Never Look Away] (2018), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). |
| Favorite Music | Loreena McKennitt, Aretha, Tracy Chapman, Joseph Schmidt, Barbara Hendricks, Fritz Wunderlich, Nina Simone, Herbert Grönemeyer, Les Yeux Noirs, Comedian Harmonists, Richard Tauber, Prince, Emel Mathlouthi, Seinabo Sey |
| Favorite Books | All of Jesmyn Ward's books / On the Nature of Things ~ Lucretius / Die Gedichte ~ Lasker-Schüler / Das lyrische Stenogrammheft ~ Mascha Kaléko / Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury / Doctor Zhivago ~ Boris Pasternak / The World of Suzie Wong ~ Richard Mason / Snow Flower and the Secret Fan ~ Lisa See / How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time ~ John J. Palmer / The Wind in the Willows ~ Kenneth Grahame / Braiding Sweetgrass ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer / Between the World and Me ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates / Maze of Blood ~ Marly Youmans |