Hard to believe that it’s well over a year since I met a very smiley Santa in northern Finland, but I thought of him again this week. Last year my special wish for Santa was a short winter, which he more or less took care of, but with more snow forecast for southern Germany this weekend, it’s clear …
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A Swiss second time around
In Basel last weekend, previously-loved objects kept popping up where I didn’t expect them. An entire wall in the centre of town is covered with china: plates, cups, bowls, vases, right where they don’t belong. The Museum Tinguely is a whole building full of this – sculptures and (literally) dynamic …
Frosty February
One of the many roles of an English teacher is to be a mind reader. Usually I’m pretty good at this: when my single student stutters “When I went to the restaurant, the, she was very beautiful” – I can quickly supply “The waitress?”; and in summer, if my student complains “At the – swimming place – …