I do wonder if FOB harboured an as-it-happens impossible desire to move to London at this time
― imago, Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:21 (one year ago) link
Myles would reminisce about Germany.
Curse it, my mind races back to my Heidelberg days. Sonya and Lili. And Magda. And Ernst Schmutz, Georg Geier, Theodor Winklemann, Efrem Zimbalist, Otto Grun. And the accordion player Kurt Schachmann. ... Beer and music and midnight swims in the Neckar. Chats in erse with Kun O'Meyer and John Marquess... Alas, those chimes. Und als wir nahmen/ Abscheid vor den Toren/ beim letzten Kuss, da hab' Ich Klar erkannt/ dass Ich mein Herz/ in Heidelberg verloren/ MEIN HERZ/ es schlagt am Neck-ar-strand! Tumpty tumpty tum.
He couldn't go anywhere, he had to support the family. The only escape was alcohol.
― alimosina, Thursday, 23 June 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link