Author Archives: Marcellina

This blog is moving!

Posted on 19/10/2019 by Marcellina

Hopefully soon – as soon as I figure out what I am doing. I’ve created a new WordPress blog/website with the name Licus Translations (not yet public as of this writing). After I’ve got everything successfully migrated to the new … Continue reading →

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Nazi Bedtime Stories

Posted on 29/09/2015 by Marcellina

The next estate dissolution in which we took part involved the sale of a rather large piece of land in the middle of Munich. A rich textile-industry dynasty family had a villa there with a spacious guest house, and basement … Continue reading →

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A Love Story Told In Books

Posted on 14/09/2015 by Marcellina

There may be eight million stories in the naked city; there are at least that many in the antiquarian business, especially if your business involves buying up collections from private estate sales. Through the transactions, through remarks, through the books … Continue reading →

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Rooftop Blogging: Final Edition

Posted on 29/06/2015 by Marcellina

When I began the blog nearly 8 years ago, I wanted to do some kind of photoblogging that could be done on a regular, perhaps weekly basis with ease. A lot of people were doing “Saturday cat blogging”, which I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Mountain Blogging: Maria Tax – Wolfsklamm

Posted on 18/06/2015 by Marcellina

A half-day hike above Stans to the Maria Tax Chapel. Taxen  is an old regional word for Tannen, or fir tree. Legend has it that the Virgin Mary made an appearance here in 1616,  leaving behind her handprint on a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Mountain Blogging: Mittenwald, Scharnitz, Seefeld

Posted on 17/05/2015 by Marcellina

I needed to go to Mittenwald because of something I’d promised to do, and since I had the day free it seemed like a good idea to get some hiking in along with some sights. As there’s only so much … Continue reading →

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Gounod “Funeral March of a Marionette”

Posted on 08/05/2015 by Marcellina

I haven’t vanished in an alpine crevasse, I’ve simply been busy singing! The business has been part rehearsals, part teaching, and part working on some things for the future. The rehearsals have led me to a small musical discovery, in … Continue reading →

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Oedenburg Castle, Bavaria

Posted on 13/04/2015 by Marcellina

Not far from the Ammersee in southern Bavaria lies a hill upon which the ruins of Oedenburg Castle are found. It was a small hilltop fortress, mostly a tower judging from the size of the hill. I have been looking … Continue reading →

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Note to self: find more cheerful subjects for blog…

Posted on 10/04/2015 by Marcellina

Over two weeks have passed since that Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed Flight 9525 into the French Alps, taking 149 passengers and crew with him. The news cycle is mostly done with the speculation over the pilot’s illness, motives, personality disorder, … Continue reading →

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In Memory Of A Girl

Posted on 28/02/2015 by Marcellina

In memory of Ilse Brüll Born 28 April 1925 Died 3(?) September 1942 and in memory of all those children of Innsbruck who were victims of this time Ilse Brüll, a Jewish girl, attended school here in Wilten from September … Continue reading →

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