Circus Roncalli

Saturday we were at the circus. 
I am not a big fan of circus - neither of tigers that an animal tamer whips through the manège nor of clowns (though I don't suffer from "coulrophobia" - fear of clowns). 
But when I heard that it was the Circus Roncalli, I came gladly. It is a bit more poetic. 

Though in my mind they even here use too much technique - or do you see here a difference to a rock-festival?

There was only one act with animals, though. 

A lot of acrobatic work: 

... and these was really breathtaking: Artists from the Ukraine. 

You have to trust each other completely, to do something breakneck like that! 


I wish you beautiful days till Christmas! 

Lateral Thinking sounds so much better than Muddy Thinking ...

Surprise, surprise: I really didn’t think straight. As everybody else I am trapped in my own little world – and though I sometimes dream in English (don’t ask the Grammar Godddess!) and read very much in that beautiful language and (if Husband would come with me, which he doesn’t) would pack my things to live in London, Hythe or Edinburgh (see: I’m versatile), I told you that you have to wait for the beautiful cookbook I translated, because the German publisher DuMont puts it in April 2012 on the market.

What I hadn’t thought of is THAT MOST OF YOU read my articles in ENGLISH!

So you will not need a translation. And so you don’t have to wait. The book is in your bookstore since autumn. 

Claire Ptak and Henry Dimbleby: Leon. Baking and Puddings. 

www.octopsbooks.co.uk 

Fairy-tale!

As every year the KaDeWe, Berlins luxury store, that seductively is only six minutes away from our flat, decorated its shop windows lavishly for Christmas.

This time the motto is ‚Grimm’s Fairy Tales‘ – though very liberally interpreted. 

I am especially fascinated by „The Princess and the Pea“. 

I own a genuine ‘Hügel‘ with this theme, priceless because from a very early period of his work. 

A Portrait of the Artist as a very Young Man – and if you think that ‚portrait of‘ has been used here in the wrong way: not at all. You only should ask: portrait of whom? 

Here is a game that can give much insight into the character of another human being: ask him/her, which fairy tale s/he loves best. Very often you will be surprised – even more so if you ask for the reasons of the choice.

It can happen that the gusto for a fairy tale changes in life. After being fascinated by The Fisherman and his Wife for many years, (the woman would make a career at all costs and was never content) I believed that Mother Hulda rewards the hard worker and punishes the lazy buggers (hehe – they are not called fairy tales for nothing!). Now I like The Town Musicians of Bremen with their winning motto “You will always find something better than death“ so much that I have a little silver sculpture standing on my desk. 

Doubly appropriate as I come from Bremen.

One fairy tale in the KaDeWe was difficult. Who do you believe is this?