It has been three months since my last blog entry about W.A. Mozart’s life and opera and my trip to Würzburg at June 7, 2024. If you have not read it, here is the link:https://thejourney-writing.com/2024/06/w-a-mozarts-life-and-opera-my-wurzburg-diary-june-7-2024.html Summer was great, having roots (family) and wings (travelling and playing organ) at the same time is the kind of …
I read Noel Streatfeild’s books in July and in August. I immensely enjoyed the four books I read and my summer 2023 is great because of Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986). Here are the four books I read. Ballet ShoesG.U.M (Great Uncle Matthew) adopted Pauline, Petrova and Posy into his family but he left them to Sylvia …
I travelled and spent beautiful time with my little friend last week. Since I gave her “Schubert Sound Book” last year, she loves it so much that her parents got her Mozart and Bach. So “Schubert”, “Bach” and “Mozart” belong to her very first vocabulary next to “papa” and “mama”. The “Sound Book” series of …
This children’s music book contains 5 places in the Palace of Versailles, each place is assigned to a music piece around 17th century. There are little white buttons to press to make the music play. Little words in French combine with the illustrations, they reflect what music for which occasion. The musical life in Versailles …
Since I’ve read The Story of the Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers, every year in February, I would imagine the root children are sewing new clothes for the flowers. The meadow doesn’t look like much happened, but the root children are preparing the most beautiful spring costumes for it. This book is one of …
Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to Fra-anz (ritardando and take a deep breath)Happy birthday to you! Today is Franz Schubert’s birthday (31.1.1797) and a few days ago was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday (27.1.1756). The two very short and brilliant lives, like comets. Schubert died at the age of 31, Mozart died at …
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) …
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.Dr. SeussThe author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! A close friend of mine was in Zürich on new year and she sent me a postcard. I treasure it. During the first week of 2023, I spent time with my friends …
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 …
If Harvey wakes up on Christmas morning and doesn’t see his Christmas present, he might be wondering why. I guess the good boy Harvey will of course understand that Father Christmas can be forgetful, the reindeers could be exhausted and not feeling well. And many reasonable reasons why the present is not in the stocking. …