The Four Fictionalized Biography Books by Peter Härtling: 📚 Schumanns SchattenRobert Schumann (1810 – 1856) 📚 Liebste Fenchel! Das Leben der Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn in Etüden und Intermezzi.Fanny Hensel (1805 – 1847) 📚 SchubertFranz Schubert (1797 – 1828) 📚 HölderlinFriedrich Hölderlin (1770 – 1843) I love music and literature, I think, the essence of literature and …
Dismissal 1. the situation in which an employer officially makes someone leave their job 2. a decision that something or someone is not important and not worth consideringhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dismissal “… and I was dismissed. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.” Miss MintonThe Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Seemingly defeated situation is the beginning of the …
Book 1: Ice Song (German Title) by Miriam KörnerQaqavii (English Title)An adventure story of a 15 years old Emmylou with the puppy Qaqavii in Churchill, Canada.Book 2: #LondonWhisper (only in German) by Aniela LeyA time travelling story to London in the year 1816. The 2 books are the books which the children (8-12 years old) …
Book: Journey to the River SeaAuthor: Eva Ibbotson What a wonderful experience to start this year with The Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson! May be I’ve found myself in the book, and I’ve seen myself inside the characters, it’s very moving. I will from time to time share my thoughts on this …
Reading the page 114 of A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom. Suddenly, I have a better understanding of the poem – Farewell by Eduard Mörike. “How can you speak so lightly about this? I cannot bear the thought of your dying.” – Irvin Yalom said, as his wife, Marilyn Yalom …
The flowering knows no end… Now all must change.Das Blühen will nicht enden.… Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden. Faith in Spring// FrühlingsglaubeJohann Ludwig Uhland I was away for a couple of days. When I came home, I discovered many new baby flowers have come out. Immediately, Schubert’s song – Faith in Spring played in …
Have you ever heard about “A coffin for two”? As I read about “A coffin for two” from the book A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom, I was smiling. In fact, it made me smile whole day.And what is the fully lived life looks like for Irvin could …
On a blogpost in November last year, I’ve written:I do not know what exactly has begun or what has come to an end in order to create space for a new beginning, but it is certainly a new beginning with hope.https://thejourney-writing.com/2022/11/a-new-beginning-where-it-all-began.html It was on 29.11.2022, the 1st Advent. Today, when I am organising my pictures, …
Between the years, I am reading the book The Journey to the River Sea. I am now at chapter two, and I am almost highlighting every sentence in the book. Some of them are really good messages, they come to me on time before new year. Maia, an orphan, Londoner, must travel to Amazon River …