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In an xword blog today, I introduced pumas ("party unity my ass" people) merely as a humorous aside. But apparently, it struck a ...

The indefatigable marlene has opend the discussion on another German poet who is of great interest to me, too. I will chime in after trying ...

This blog may need some comic relief. So, here is a poem by me that started out as a parody of Emily Dickinson. But I could not really get t...

Word of the Month: Index This word is different from the ones I talked about before: I had never heard it used until someone mentioned it o...

Yesterday in an xword blog, some very disparaging things were said about lima beans. This saddens me because Dicke Bohnen mit Speck (lima b...

Marlene started a post on Rilke, and I am delighted to take her up on this. I am no specialist, though--which should encourage other non-spe...

In a thriller I recently read, the author describes people waiting at an airport and speaking in "ugly German". This was an aside,...