December 11th - still 14 days to go

Saint of the day:	Arthur, David
Word of the day:	Whoever does not want to obey the law must leave the place where it is enforced. Goethe

Winter night

Brisk cold of a winter night
the snow cracks under my feet
My breath steams, my beard clinks
Forward, another step forward !

How solemn is the silent landscape
Moonlight falls on the old firs
Bending their branches to the ground
In their tranquil wait for death.

Frost! Freeze my heart
Deep into its liveliness
To be for once in peace
Just like this land at night!

Nikolaus Lenau

Kirche in der Gegend von Novgorod

Anniversary:

Alexander Soljenizyn, Robert Koch
two of our friends - four of our ancestors

from our family history:

In 1831 died Joachim Edler Hönig von Hönigsberg, merchant, banker and estate owner. His grandfather Lazarus was a small shop owner. As a tobacco supplier to the Austrian army, he later acquired nobility.