Referenda time
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Berlin, Streetsigns | Leave a Comment
Two referenda and their consequences have been on the agenda this week in Berlin.
Last Sunday, the attempt to keep Tempelhof Airport open after the planned closure date of October 2008 failed. I’m not going to go into detail here, because the whole thing was only a construct of the conservative CDU and FDP parties who […]
The dream I had of you
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
I’ve been here all the time
as far as I know doing right
I’ve always waited for the moment
that you would come through my door
but this brought loneliness so far
I lay my hand unto my heart
is this a life I want to live?
is this the dream I had of you?
now I’m standing here alone
and waiting on my […]
Hilde Hildebrand 1897-1976
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Berlin, Berliners, Films, Music | 3 Comments
Originally posted May 2006 Updated 28 April 2008
Thirty-two years ago today on 28 April 1976, Hilde Hildebrand the German actress, died alone and largely forgotten in her Berlin-Grunewald home. She was a “late” discovery for me, but from the moment in 1987 when I was first given a record of hers, I was attracted by […]
