Monat: November 2023

Geschützt: Appropriation, Assimilation and Square Dance

Es gibt keinen Textauszug, da dies ein geschützter Beitrag ist.

Family reunion

Like two ships passing in the night, only in broad daylight: We met up in the middle of the ocean with our sister ship.

American Traditional

Sailors are a terribly superstitious crowd, and many of their tattoos were, traditionally, lucky charms to keep them safe at sea – and bring them back home to their loved ones.

Smoking Hills

When you see smoke rising up from the face of earth itself, it doesn’t necessarily mean that a portal to hell has opened. Could be something far less worrying, such as a massive volcanic eruption.

Die schöne Antje

Als Frau steht man ja unter enormem Schönheitsdruck. Dünn sollte man sein, Körperbehaarung ist out, und glatte Haut ein Muss. Die schöne Antje entsprach diesen Idealen nicht, trotzdem waren die Menschen von ihr begeistert.

The tale of Sedna

I like to play it safe, and won’t take any big risks. Which is why I think I need a few more tattoos.

Interlude: The white cliffs of Dover

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”