The Germanism in the English language I chose for today is Hamburger. You may not be aware of it, but the pronunciation in German is slightly different: ‘hum-boor-gah. (Funny enough, Germans order cheeseburgers and Whoppers or whatever else names the concoctions have in the native English way of pronunciation.) I don’t even want to go […]
Let’s Talk! – Leave the Trenches
What a prompt for pondering and discussion from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book – Pocket Sized Jumble Writing 500 Prompts – this time, right? A lot of us know trenches only from books or from the movies – and thank goodness for that! My Master’s thesis in Literary Science was about WW I literature by […]
Across the Fence: Wunderbar
Even though you might not use the Germanism in the English language that I chose to discuss today, you will probably immediately understand its meaning. Wunderbar (pronounce: ‘voondah-bar), just like the German term wundervoll (pronounce: ‘voondah-foll), is translated as wonderful. There is no big surprise in the similarity of the words in German and in […]
Book Signing with Susanne Bacon at the Steilacoom Historical Museum
Have your summer vacations started? Are you still looking for a cozy and relaxing read? If so, why don’t you come to the Steilacoom Historical Museum Store this Saturday, July 6, and visit with me?! This time, I’ll bring along all ten novels of my Wycliff series – which includes the very latest and last, […]
Let’s Talk! – Purple Crocus Spring
The moment I discovered this prompt in my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book, – A Pocket-Sized Jumble of Writing of 500+ Prompts – I was transported into our backyard one spring afternoon this year. I was watering our beds during an unusually dry period, and out of the corner of my eyes I glimpsed something purple. […]
Across the Fence: Sehnsucht
The Germanism in the English language I chose for today’s is a term used in everyday-life but also in psychology. Sehnsucht (pronounce approximately: ‘zayne-zooh-t) describes a state of yearning for something. It doesn’t sound really happy, does it? Well, it isn’t, because it is kind of a hopeless yearning for something, somebody, some place, or […]
In the Book Nook with … Stephanie Larkin
Author Stephanie Larkin works as a freelance editor and splits her time between Vancouver, WA, and Seattle, WA. For most of her adult life she has been writing poetry and short stories as a hobby, but when she became involved with a community of refugees, she felt compelled to write her first book. “Resettled’ was […]
Let’s Talk! – When the Hour is Hushed
This prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book – A Pocket-Sized Jumble of Writing of 500+ Prompts – immediately touched me in two ways. First of all, I was thinking of everybody switching off the screens at dinner time, automatically being followed by a moment of silence while the prompt is pondered and then being discussed. The […]
Across the Fence: Realpolitik
Oh my, a loaded term in politically loaded times! This was my first thought when I came across this Germanism in the English language, the other day. Realpolitik (pronounce: ray-‘ul-poli-’tic, meaning realistic politics) was a word I can’t even remember having been discussed in my politics classes in grades 12 and 13 at my German […]