If you speak some German, you might find this video made by Germans about the families streaming into the country interesting. Here is one made for German school kids. And another, angling on families.

Reprise on bricolage, after a bunch of related discussions online and at cons. Plus mentions of a couple books, including Andrea K. Höst's new release.

This looks really promising. Gorgeous music by Pizzetti in the first half, bonus.

Coming at risk taking from another slant.

FINALLY recovering from three week cold--last week was the worst of all. For a couple days I couldn't even read, my eyes were so watery. And I am trying to catch up on LJ, though I may have to give up.

Not nostalgia, but a reflection on the material evidence of how our lives change.

What are your "things"?

Steve Popkes's take on the two shows. I thought his approach interesting, coming from a comics vector.

Via supergee, a gentle and thoughtful riff on why we need more than three genders.

A look at how they were doing it a few centuries ago. Don't miss the nifty link to the Collier's Letter Rack book, which I wish I could afford.

This week the subject is kings and queens in sf and f. Not surprising that some of us had parallel thoughts.

If you can follow German, this trip through the book fair is worth seeing, I thought. Dieter Moor, a German journalist, talks to a variety of people about various kinds of genres--and what sells.

Via Cora Buhlert, who writes her posts in English, but often links interesting stuff in German, from politics to culture.

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