Golden October

It’s a cold, rainy morning on Steinstrasse. Golden October was here for a bit, I got in a few very nice photowanderings and enjoyed sitting outside drinking coffee. This weather is a preview of the long Nordrhein-Westfalen winter.  Winter here is a lot harder on the soul than it is on the body.  Shovelling snow is a snap (no, I don’t have to do it myself) and most of it is gone by the time the sun gets to the twelve o’clock position.  With the right angle and the right light, rain can be interesting.  Cold is a matter for good shoes and clothing.  Golden October is a matter for the imagination……

Tonight is TextArt night at the Schiller Café.  Readings from poets and other writers of their works.  My German ear is being tuned by listening to the radio and reading Thomas Mann’s “Der Zauberberg” (The Magic Mountain).  It is a great book in any language, but reading it in the original is a joy of discovery.  There are nuances and descriptive phrases that don’t always translate. If you haven’t read it,do so, there are several good English translations.