May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word of thanks…
and thoughts of gratitude.
Today I’m thankful for vorfreude
Something we’ve felt since we were girls and boys…
It comes from the German Language
and translated it means…before joy.
We feel it just before we open presents…
before we’re about to uncover treasures…
It’s the joyful anticipation that comes
from imagining future pleasures.
O, Little Root of a Dream
by Paul Celan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
O, little root of a dream
you enmire me here;
I’m undermined by blood?
made invisible,
death's possession.
Touch the curve of my face,
that there may yet be an earthly language of ardor,
that someone else’s eyes
may somehow still see me,
though I’m blind,
here where you
deny me voice.
Paul Celan (1920-1970) was a Romanian Jew who wrote poems in German. He survived the Holocaust, despite the loss of his mother and father, to become one of the major German-language poets of the post–World War II era. His parents' deaths and the horrors of the Holocaust have been called the "defining forces" in Celan's poetry.
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You Were My Death
by Paul Celan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You were my death;
I could hold you
when everything abandoned me—
even breath.
Paul Celan (1920-1970) was a Romanian Jew who wrote poems in German. He survived the Holocaust, despite the loss of his mother and father, to become one of the major German-language poets of the post–World War II era. His parents' deaths and the horrors of the Holocaust have been called the "defining forces" in Celan's poetry.
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Blitzkrieg= blitz (lightning) + krieg (war)
The word blitzkrieg means "rapid attack" in German language.
In Marketing world, same strategy is used to manage
a focused campaign for a product,
to help promoting unknown product
to specific customers through media to gain vantage.
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Scariest:1) The Woman In Black 2) The Uninvited 3)The Exorcist Don't see
these alone, esp. 1 & 2..
The Funniest: 1)Monty Python & the Holy Grail 2)My Cousin Vinny 3)The Acid
Eaters (Something Weird Video) Honorable mention- any of the Mel Brooks
classics
General Favs : 1)West Side Story 2)Goodfellas 3) One Flew Over the Cuckhoo
Nest 4) Forbidden Planet 5) Das Boot (German language version) 6) Pulp
Fiction 7) Castaway.... more to follow (this IS though!!!)
Most Disturbing: 1) Eraserhead 2) The Curious Dr. Humphh (also bizarre and
funny) 3) Snuff (was sick for 2 days till I found out for sure it was fake) Skip this
dark film.
Worst Movies: 1)Plan 9 From Outer Space 2) Robot Monster
more to follow.......And thanks to Ruby for her list....by the way Ruby, Rosie's
favorite is in your list too- "Somewhere In Time" What a sin about Christopher
Reeves....