Coming up: A Business English/ ESP blog carnival

As announced by Larry Ferlazzo, coming up on 1 November, there’ll be a blog carnival – that is, a round-up of posts submitted by bloggers for the purpose – dedicated to the teaching of Business English and English for Special Purposes, here on this blog.  If you’re a blogger, please use this form to submit […]

Bhutis Blogwichteln!

Freu, Freu! Frau Bhuti is hosting this year’s Secret Santa blogs. Blogwichteln is guest-blogging on someone else’s blog secretly and them never figuring out who you are! So much fun. Last year the most charming blogger you could ever wish for gave me a delightful entry. Herr Hollemann was running the show, but he’s moved […]

Anne in Wonderland

You simply must see the great Disney exhibition at Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung in Munich, which traces the European images that inspired the look of Disney’s films. I had some surprising insights. And the gauches, pastels, oils and paintings on celluloid produced in the Disney Studios are just delightful. (Exhibition through 25 January 2009.) As I […]

Blogwichtl aka Secret Santa

I found the following very charming “Secret Santa” or “Wichtel” in my in-box. Thank you so much, Unknown Wordler and Help-Shift-Happener (and thank you, Hollemann, for running the show): Liebe Anne, or should I say dear Anne? Your lovely Blogwichtel war ja schon ein bisschen estonished, als mir Dein Blog – I have to admit […]

Blogwichteln bilingual

If a blogwichtel kommt daher and reads this blog and thinks “o, jemine, o graus, das ist ja ois änglisch” please don’t worry, I can also read German. Or Frankonian or Bavarian or Suebian. Whatever. Now, as for me, o jemine, o graus, jetzt muss ich allerdings dorten auf Deutsch schreiben, sonst fliegt das ja […]

Phillip Toledano: Days with my father

Beautiful, touching photos and text. Also see Phillip Toledano’s website. This makes me think of my father. And my mother. Would be great to portray her. I still have my dad’s old Voigtländer. Lots of guesswork, but it gets beautiful results.  I’ve shied away from digital cameras because of the wait between click and snap. OK, […]

Blogwichteln: Secret Santa blogs

A Mr Hollemann – Nice to meet you, I’m Anne – is organizing “Blogwichteln“, a blog Secret Santa. You write an entry for another blogger, and someone else does the same for you. Interesting bloggers are involved, and it’s a lovely challenge, so I’ve been boldfaced enough to sign up. You too? Register by 8 […]