FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Satis Shroff takes you to Eguisheim, known as the Cradle of Viticulture in Alsace (France). Even if you're not an expert on wines you can learn and taste the different varieties of the choicest wines in the characteristic long-stemmed glass known as the ‘Alsatian tulip,' and discover the truth in wine: in vino veritas. A Trek to the French Southern Vosges (Satis Shroff) Frankenthal-Missleheim is an excellent nature reserve in the South Vosges of France. You can go along the Col de la Schlucht, which is a gorge, via Trois-Fours, past Martinswald to Frankenthal and Holneck, where you can see the formation vegetables des cirques glacieres. However, the first advice to wanderers and trekkers in the Southern Vosges is: don't use a car, keep your dog on a leash, camping is strictly forbidden and don't leave the paths. Mountain bikes, horse riding and cross country skiing allowed only on trails more than two metres wide. There were so many trees lying across the

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) : Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) April weather, A melange of warm Spring days, And cold, wet ones. Capricious weather beause the pola...

Jun 21st, 2011 The Malvinas were claimed by the Argentineans and the British. Nurse Nicci Pugh was a witness to the hostilities from a safe distance on board the hospital ship HMS Uganda. The conflict began on April 2,1982 after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.  Art (c) Satis Shroff Commentary:  FALKLANDS AND THE GURKHA ISSUE (Satis Shroff) Thirty four years ago, the British and the Argentineans fought over the Falkland Islands and turned, the otherwise peaceful and serene South Atlantic into an inferno. The Malvinas were claimed by the Argentineans and the British. Nurse Nicci Pugh was a witness to the hostilities from a safe distance on board the hospital ship HMS Uganda. The conflict began on April 2,1982 after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Britain’s PM Margaret Thatcher sent a task force which resulted in the death of 1,000 people, after which the Falklands (Malvinas) were liberated on June 14, 1982. Much like Florence Nightingale, who left Eng

Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) April weather, A melange of warm Spring days, And cold, wet ones. Capricious weather beause the polar regions, The Atlantic and North Sea are still cold. The continent has been warmed By the high sun in the sky. New clouds cross the vast sky. We are blessed with April showers, That peter out to bright sunny days. Ah, April, April. You know not what you will. The small roots have leafed today. The smell of wisteria permeates the air. The robin,blackbird, sparrows, finches And the woodpecker are busy pecking, Tweeting and chirping on the boughs. The very soil lives, Teeming with ticks and mites, Wriggling earthworms and larvae, Scurrying spiders and busy ants, Bacteria, fungi, viruses. Were it not for the denizens of the soil, There would be no life. Plants and animals are deep kindreds, And genetic mutation causes more diversity. * * * * A Time for Singing (Satis Shroff) In March I was in Sikkim, Admiring the orc

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) : Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) April weather, A melange of warm Spring days, And cold, wet ones. Capricious weather beause the pola...

Spring Awakening (Satis Shroff) April weather, A melange of warm Spring days, And cold, wet ones. Capricious weather beause the polar regions, The Atlantic and North Sea are still cold. The continent has been warmed By the high sun in the sky. New clouds cross the vast sky. We are blessed with April showers, That peter out to bright sunny days. Ah, April, April. You know not what you will. The small roots have leafed today. The smell of wisteria permeates the air. The robin,blackbird, sparrows, finches And the woodpecker are busy pecking, Tweeting and chirping on the boughs. The very soil lives, Teeming with ticks and mites, Wriggling earthworms and larvae, Scurrying spiders and busy ants, Bacteria, fungi, viruses. Were it not for the denizens of the soil, There would be no life. Plants and animals are deep kindreds, And genetic mutation causes more diversity. * * * * A Time for Singing (Satis Shroff) In March I was in Sikkim, Admiring the orchid

Caught Between Lesbos, Chios and Brussels (Satis Shroff) In the winter of 1944-45 Twelve to fourteen million German refugees Were underway, From Eastern Europe. They fled to avoid the Red Army, Or were banished from former territories, Where the German Wehrmacht had carried out A war of destruction. Ten million German refugees went to the Federal  Republic, Four million to the German Democratic Republic. Not all were welcome, Although even private persons were obliged to help. Today many Germans help the refugees with open hearts, And lend a hand to those who've fled from war. How the European Union handles the issue, Is another matter. People suddenly become statistics. 'Deportation! Athens! Freedom! This is the cry of the illegal refugees In the hotspots of Lesbos and Chios. The Greeks in Athens and Frontex's plan Is to bring over refugees from Greece to Turkey. 72000 Syrians are to be settled in the EU: In Germany, Netherlands, France and Fi