GERMAN-ENGLISH WEEKLY JOURNAL by Mark Alan Pollock, (November 7-14, 2024)
(3841 & 3846 & 3847), 3:51 & 4:24 PM (November 7, 2024)
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The timer is protected by a plastic bag. All plugs are plugged together into a single point. At 4:45 p.m. the timer switches all the lights on. At 11:45 p.m. it switches all the lights off. - MAP (November 7, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Die Schaltuhr wird von einer Plastiktute geschützt. Alle Stecker werden zusammen in einen einzelnen Punkt gesteckt. Um 16:45 schaltet die Schaltuhr alle Lampen ein. Um 23:45 schaltet sie alle Lampen aus. - MAP (7. November 2024)
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(3844 & 3848), 4:23 & 6:09 PM (November 7, 2024)
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European Boxwood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxus_sempervirens
Gewöhnlicher Buchsbaum - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewöhnlicher_Buchsbaum
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Two years ago, in the winter of 2022, this box tree was frozen but not killed. Since then, it has been slowly growing back. - MAP (November 7, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Im Winter 2022 vor zwei Jahren wurde dieser Buchsbaum eingefroren, aber nicht getötet. Seitdem wächst er langsam zurück. - MAP (7. November 2024)
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E-MAIL, Videos from DANK, https://dank.org, (November 8, 2024)
German Heritage in the USA | Feli from Germany
- https://youtu.be/Dfws1vTnyMQ?si=jdLu35Lc3KPl_Nmd (17min33sec)
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(3849 & 3850), 9:15 AM, (November 10, 2024)
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Baked apples in puff pastry (apple dumplings) are not only tasty, but also bring money to help others. - MAP (November 10, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Äpfel im Schlafrock nicht nur schmackhaft sind, sondern auch bringen Geld, um anderen zu helfen. - MAP (10. November 2024)
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Alpha Delta Kappa - https://www.alphadeltakappa.org
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To learn more about Alpha Delta Kappa, please visit their website. - MAP (November 10, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Um weiter über Alpha Delta Kappa zu lernen, besuchen Sie bitte ihre Webseite. - MAP (10. November 2024)
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ALLIANCE FOR CONTINUED LEARNING - EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
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https://www.etsu.edu/ehome/
SEARCH: Alliance for Continued Learning.
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CLICK Community Groups.
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https://www.etsu.edu/coe/professional-development/groups.php
CLICK HERE for an online version of the brochure.
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https://www.etsu.edu/coe/professional-development/fall_acl_2024_speaker_lineup.php
ONLINE VERSION OF THE BROCHURE.
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(3854 & 3855), 4:37 PM, (11. November 2024)
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(3856 & 3857), 4:45 PM, (11. November 2024)
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(3858), 4:49 PM, Goethe’s Poem, Gingo biloba, (11. November 2024)
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Ginkgo biloba - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba
Ginkgo - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo
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Poem by Goethe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingo_biloba
Gedicht von Goethe - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingo_biloba
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GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP (GBDG), 6 PM, 3rd Monday, (November 18, 2024)
Campbell Study Room, 2nd Floor, Johnson City Public Library (JCPL)
Ken Mijeski, Discussion Facilitator
“ON SOME STREETS,” page 160
TAKING ACTION: READINGS FOR CIVIC REFLECTION
Edited by Adam Davis, ISBN 978-1-933147-85-7, https://www.greatbooks.org
THE GREAT BOOKS FOUNDATION, (c. 2012)
SARAH CORTEZ (1950 -), a native of Houston, is a teacher, poet, editor, and police officer. She received a BA from Rice University, an MA from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MS from the University of Houston. She became a police officer in the early 1990s (when Mark became a professor at Northeast State). She won the PEN Texas Literary Award for Poetry in 1999. How to Undress a Cop (2000) was Cortez’s debut collection of poetry. Her poems are widely anthologized and have appeared in journals such as Midwest Quarterly, Pennsylvania English, and The Texas Review.
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Walking Home: Growing Up Hispanic in Houston by Sarah Cortez (2012), https://www.amazon.com, Paperback - August 10, 2012
This ground-breaking, mixed genre memoir journeys from the soil of Texas farmland near Floresville to the shrimpers’ nets of the Gulf Coast, near Matagorda. Three generations of Hispanic families are viewed through the faith-filled lens of the miraculous and the poignancy of dreams never realized. The journey continues to mid-twentieth century Houston, where what is done is as powerful as that which never happened. - https://www.amazon.com
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https://www.ipl.org/essay/Summary-Of-On-Some-Streets-By-Sarah-F3MPZAPBG5PV
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ON SOME STREETS
The children don’t wave
to cops. Instead, they stare
eyes glinting - an array
of hard, black diamonds.
Sallow skin. Sparse freckles.
Front-yard autos
hiked up on make-shift
stilts. A chow dog
wandering loose, patches
of fur hanging off his belly.
Each young face turning
to watch the patrol
car’s path on the block.
Each face hardened
into a cold, white cipher.
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A walk through the neighborhood
This afternoon from 3:20 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. I went for a walk around the neighborhood. I took 24 photos below with my cell phone. I am always proud to observe beauty that many people often fail to observe. - MAP (November 12, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Ein Spaziergang durch die Nachbarschaft
Heute Nachmittag von 15:20 Uhr bis 16:40 Uhr bin ich durch die Nachbarschaft spazieren gegangen. Mit dem Handy habe ich 24 unterstehende Aufnahmen gemacht (Bilder fotografieren). Immer bin ich stolz, Schönheit zu beobachten, die viele Menschen vielmals nicht beobachten. - MAP (12. November 2024)
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(3859 & 3863 & 3864), 3:25 & 3:29 & 3:33 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3865 & 3868 & 3869), 3:38 & 3:39 & 3:40 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3872 & 3874 & 3875), 3:54 & 3:55 & 3:56 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3878 & 3882 & 3883), 4:00 & 4:03 & 4:05 PM (November 12, 2024)
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Morning-Glory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_purpurea
Purpur-Prunkwinde - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpur-Prunkwinde
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(3885 & 3886 & 3887), 4:07 & 4:10 & 4:12 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3888 & 3890 & 3891), 4:12 & 4:14 & 4:16 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3893 & 3895 & 3897), 4:18 & 4:19 & 4:22 PM (November 12, 2024)
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(3898 & 3901 & 3902), 4:23 & 4:28 & 4:35 PM (November 12, 2024)
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Commonweal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonweal_(magazine)
Commonweal Magazine - https://www.commonwealmagazine.org
History - Founded in 1924 by Michael Williams (1877-1950) and the Calvert Associates, Commonweal is the oldest independent Roman Catholic journal of opinion in the United States. The magazine was originally modeled on The New Republic and The Nation but “expressive of the Catholic note” in covering literature, the arts, religion, society, and politics.
Overview - The name "commonweal" is a more archaic version of "commonwealth," meaning "the public good." Founding editor Michael Williams chose that name for the magazine because it suggested the magazine's social outlook. William Morris's earlier newspaper of the same name may have influenced the decision, as well. The magazine was originally titled The Commonweal, until it dropped the definite article in 1965.
From its inception, the organization has aimed to engage people through more than its print magazine. The group of mainly lay people who became its first board called themselves "the Calvert Associates" and wanted to spread "Calvert ideals," after the Baron of Baltimore, a proponent of religious liberty (in his case, for Catholics in the English colonies). Today, Commonweal continues to organize community discussion groups "for civil, reasoned debate on the interaction of faith with contemporary politics and culture."
Commonweal publishes editorials, columns, essays, and poetry, along with film, book, and theater reviews. Eleven issues of Commonweal are released each year, with a circulation of approximately 20,000.
Since 2018, the magazine has hosted a weekly or biweekly podcast, whose episodes usually supplement the magazine with interviews on subjects that recently appeared there.
The journal is run as a not-for-profit enterprise and managed by a board of directors.
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In August 2024, we got our neighbor's copy of Commonweal magazine in the mail in error. When I took his copy to his house, I brought the subscription card from the magazine back to our house. I immediately subscribed to it for a year. The subscription is very inexpensive, only $39 a year. This magazine is very educational and well written. When I told this story to this neighbor later, he laughed and smiled with delight. - MAP (November 13, 2024), https://translate.google.com
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Im August 2024 haben wir die Nachbars Kopie der Zeitschrift Commonweal per Post in Irrtum bekommen. Als ich seine Kopie zu seinem Haus gebracht habe, habe ich die Abonnement-Karte aus der Zeitschrift zurück zu unserem Haus mitgebracht. Sofort habe ich es für ein Jahr abonniert. Das Abonnement ist sehr preiswert, nur 39 Dollar pro Jahr. Diese Zeitschrift ist sehr lehrreich und gut geschrieben. Als ich diese Geschichte zu diesem Nachbar später erzählt habe, hat er mit Freude gelacht und gelachelt. - MAP (13. November 2024)
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