Paul S in 2022 - part 1

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I am
... a Christian
... a widower (since 4 years)
... a librarian
... a father of three
... a grandfather of one
... Swiss
... retired since last year
I do
... reading almost everything
... photographing
... hiking
I have
... a beard
... a house
... two water turtles
... a cat
... too many books
... no car
... relatives who did serve in the armies of Switzerland, USA and South Korea
I did
... work as a librarian
... work (part time) in libraries in Aarau, Zürich, Baden, Basel, Bettingen, Riehen, Nashville TN, Šiauliai Lithuania, Vienna Austria
... hike (more than one day) in Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Wales, England, Italy, Austria, Israel, South Korea
in 2022 I do
... read
... photograph gravestones for findagrave.com
... wear a mask
... take care of my grand child
... hike in Switzerland
...

I was quite busy documenting memorials in findagrave, I especially 'did' the Jewish cemetery in Endingen-Lengnau, the oldest still 'working' Jewish cemetery of Switzerland https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_Endingen. That was tedious work.

So I can list these books as having read:
1) Judenfriedhof Endingen-Lengnau : Gräberverzeichnis ; erster Band contains the history of the cemetery, some words about the history of the community behind the book and the book itself (there was Bundesrätin Ruth Dreifuss - Swiss federal councillor - whose place of origin is Endingen AG), and some lists where people came from and where they went.

2) Judenfriedhof Endingen-Lengnau : Gräberverzeichnis ; zweiter Band a list of all the graves from 1752 till 1998, compared with the official records of the villages and the Jewish community (this list I copied into findagrave and added pictures for each grave)

3) Judenfriedhof Endingen-Lengnau : die Grabsteine 1750-1850 ; dritter Band a picture book of all the graves with all the texts (in Hebrew) on the gravestones and a translation

4) Der israelitische Friedhof Endingen-Lengnau an older list from 1923 which only contained those gravestones with a readable face

Welcome back! Your gravestone work sounds interesting. I hope you'll post some pics sometime.

>4 drneutron: thanks Jim, actually I wanted to upload some pictures from the Jewish cemetery, but LT refused them as being too large ....

the only picture (of 6) which was accepted is the map of the cemetery

here is one of the 'newer' gravestones, text in German, but on every gravestone there is this Jewish sentence abbreviated: May his soul be included in the covenant of life. (the Hebrew letters below the year numbers)




Hebrew and German

Hebrew only, also giving the dates in the Jewish calendar (died in the year 5595 or so)

Great to see you back, Paul! I was getting worried you might have abandoned us.

I will follow along with your prodigious additions and reading as always my friend.

Those are so very interesting pics!

>8 PaulCranswick: Hej Paul, thanks for your concern and you're looking for me, thanks for being a friend.

>9 drneutron: yes, it is interesting to look at the gravestones and to read what is written on them.

pictures from the Gottesacker Riehen BS I recently took

and then there are those gravestones I can't read (both in cemeteries here)


these are Chinese characters, but I don't know the language or citizenship of the person buried here (an ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand ....)


my Hebrew is not good enough in order to get the names properly

Glad to see you back, Paul!

Just found your thread. Hope you had a great January!

Good morning Paul, glad to have you back.
Happy new thread and thank you for the pictures.

Phew! It's nice to have you back and not worry about where you are! You have merely been away doing a mitzvah (a good deed) . :) I deeply appreciate the gravestone work you are doing on behalf of all the families who have loved ones and/or ancestors buried in that cemetery. What a great retirement project!

Enjoying the photos!

happy new year with the tiger on the Eiger

>13 FAMeulstee: >14 figsfromthistle: >15 SirThomas: Thanks for the welcome. I was pretty occupied by being on grave yards and then documenting them. I like sharing some of the things I've found.

>16 SqueakyChu: wow, thanks for your thinking about me. At first, I only wanted to add a few dates to pictures of the Endingen Cemetery but then when I've got these books and a friend of mine promised to take all the pictures, I did the whole list in there ...

>17 thornton37814: thanks

Two articles I read in connection with my research for the 200-year-anniversary of the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Basel in 2030.

- Der 'Verein zur Beförderung christlich-theologischer Wissenschaft und christlichen Lebens' und seine Stiftungsprofessur in Basel by Hans Hauzenberger, p. 127-144
- Zur Gründung der Evangelischen Predigerschule in Basel by Fränzi Edelmann, p. 91-102
both in: Basileia : Festschrift Eduard Buess edited by Hans Dürr and Christoph Ramstein

Happy new thread!

>4 drneutron: When I have big pictures, I export them with a smaller size for LT and other limited space venues.

>11 paulstalder: >12 paulstalder: Interesting!

>18 paulstalder: Happy lunar new year! That's so cool.

>21 quondame: thanks, Susan, for coming by

large pictures: I sometimes do it that way - but sometimes I am too lazy for resizing the pictures just for one other use

nice calligraphy

another one I can't read

Wishing you a pleasant weekend, Paul.

> 25 thanks, my friend

an epitaph, in memoriam Andreae Merianus; the maire of Basel 1803-1811, an important political figure during Napoleon's time

a quote from a recently acquired/taken home book from a public book case:

Hat der Mensch ein Grundrecht auf ein Kaffeehaus?
Zweifellos. Sogar auf drei! Auf eines, in dem er sich blicken lassen kann, auf eines, in dem er unbemerkt bleiben kann und auf eines, in das er nie, nie seinen Fuss setzen will.
Doron Rabinovici
(Do people have a fundamental right to a coffee house?
Without any doubt. Even to three! One in which he can be seen, one in which he can remain unnoticed and one in which he never, ever wants to set foot.
Doron Rabinovici)
I fully agree

taken from: Einspänner, Mokka und Melange by Susanne Schaber

>28 paulstalder: Oh, that about the three coffee houses is perfection!

>31 paulstalder: That seems to be a change from memorial stones!

>32 quondame: It might be a TIOLI frog! LOL!

>33 SqueakyChu: Chuckle!

>32 quondame: it's 'red riding shoe'

>33 SqueakyChu: :) frogs always remind me of you and TIOLI

kids talk:
A friend of mine told me about his son's lecture in kindergarten:
They were talking about traffic lights. The teacher asked: 'What color does the traffic light show when the cars can move?' 'Red', was the firm answer. The teacher said 'no'. But the boy insisted, until the teacher realized that the boy is right: When standing at the traffic light and the cars are moving, the traffic light shows red for the pedestrians. The green light for the cars is not visible ...

Happy Monday!

>28 paulstalder: What a great quote. Sounds like my kind of book. Does it touch upon the history of the coffee house as well?

>37 figsfromthistle: thanks, Anita

yes, it does. here is the contents page:

5) Exit west by Mohsin Hamid. Nadia and Saeed live in a country torn apart by war, and then there are doors open in buildings which lead to other rooms in other cities and countries, especially doors leading to Western countries are popular - but also well protected by the rebel forces. But the couple can pay a large sum and so can go through such a door and land on a Greek island .... a magic realism novel from Pakistan, I found it quite an interesting read

6) Die Freien evangelischen Gemeinden in Deutschland : ihre Entstehung und Entwicklung by Richard Hoenen. A history of the Pietist 'movement' and the emergence of the Free Evangelical Churches in Germany, with some references to Switzerland (and other European countries).

7) Von der Synagoge zum Kreuz : Wege Gottes mit dem Israeliten Isaak Levinsohn by Isaak Levinsohn. Isaak grew up in Kowno in Russia in a Jewish community where he was taught Mishna and Talmud from an early age. But he always feared the Holy God and his sinful nature. He asked the rabbi and other teachers about finding peace for his soul, but nobody could answer his questions. One day when reading the Torah he felt that God was speaking to him with the same words He spoke to Abram: Leave four family etc and go to a foreign land. So, with 17 he left his home and travelled to London. There he met a Jew who told him about the Servant Messiah of Isaiah and he found peace with God in Jesus Christ.

>28 paulstalder: Of course, Paul. Coffee is well known to be a basic human right!

Have a great Sunday.

8) Der Hühnerdieb : Roman by Shulamith Lapid. Lisa Baldichi, a journalist in Beersheva, finds the police man Avner Rosen in her home after being at his funeral. There was a double murder in town but Rosen could escape and cover up his beina alive by changing clothes with the attacker he killed. He is investigating in an international art smuggling ring ... Lisa doesn't like the interference into her private life but, on the other hand, that's the story she can use in her trade. Interesting story, a bit confusing by involving too many characters. I like Lapid's writing style

Coffee and strudel for sharing amongst friends.

>41 paulstalder: Not a book that appeals to me! I don't wish to be converted! :D

>43 paulstalder: I just read half of a different book by Shulmit Lapid but bailed on it because I became interested in yet another book. I set the former aside to read at another time. The author Shulamit Lapid is the mother of Israel's current Minister of Foreign Affairs and will be Israel's Prime Minister after Naftali Bennett’s term is over in the current coalition government. I love the Israeli government since Netanyahu was voted out of office! :)

>45 SqueakyChu: I'll absolutely take some coffee and strudel. It looks soooo delicious, Thanks, Paul!

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>45 SqueakyChu: The conversation bit is interesting, but what I found more intriguing is his struggle with the fact that he was told with 13 by his father, that from then on he was responsible for his own sins (not covered by his father anymore). And then there was the strong expectation for the close appearance of the Messiah as a king - which made him fearing the worst for himself. And then the understanding of Isaiah. (and that happened in the 1870s, walking through Poland to Hamburg, and up from Dover to London ...)

current coalition government agreement do you think that's going to be kept?

>47 paulstalder: So far I think the coalition government has done very well. Yes, I do think it will continue. The peace efforts with Arab nations under the Abraham Accords seem to be strengthening. I get upset with the news about Israel in my country because the good news from Israel is never broadcast; only the bad news make the headlines.

a sunflower with a cat waiting

>48 SqueakyChu: well, yes, news broadcasted are basically bad, especially about Israel

a sun bathing frog on a tombstone

>51 paulstalder: Yet, TIOLI is still alive and hopping! :)

That is something strange to be on a tombstone.

9) 변하고 변해서 무엇이 변경될까? by 김 윤경. A Korean children's book about paper: how to make it and what one can do with it: write on it, use it for gluing in walls, use it as insulation material for jackets, make a kyte ... not much text, but interesting things people can do with paper

cheese production on a gravestone

they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40, 31

a stonemason

What beautiful carvings on the headstones! That cannot be easy to do.

Bambi

Happy Weekend, Paul!

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I entered my 50'000 memorial to findagrave: finishing the small cemetery of the Ländli deaconesses and then adding more recent memorials to Basel's largest cemetery

Congratulations, Paul.
I wish you a wonderful weekend.

>62 paulstalder: Wow! What a terrific contribution you have made with your gravestone photography. I’m sure it is quite meaningful to the families of the deceased.

>61 PaulCranswick: >63 SirThomas: >64 SqueakyChu: Thank you very much for showing up on my thread.

I still 'claim' books to be read and pile them up in my bedroom, but never find the time actually reading them, *sigh*.
I am still doing some research about my old church in Basel (200-year-annversary in 2030).
I also did have a look at old travel routes in Asia (Silk Route for example), I was intrigued by the question what travel/trade literature there is about Mecca before Mohammed. As a former map librarian (I was part of the 'map librarians' in Swiss libraries) I was astonished to find no mention of Mecca on any old map (Ptolemaen or others). If anybody can give me a hint to an ancient traveler having visited Mecca before 600, I would be very grateful.
I was asked to take part in a play for our children's week (KIWO - KinderWoche) during Easter holidays. It's fun to work with children on stage.
I also take part in an online course on 'Church and theology in a postmodern society', well it's basically about recent development in (German) Evangelical/Reformed theology and ethics (word of God, redemption/salvation, gender, sexuality, ecclesiology). Two hours every wednesday morning till June.
Last week I was on a biblilog week about the book of Ruth, 'role playing' the whole story. It's really a fascinating book.
This week I suffered from sinus infection, I had some fever last Saturday/Sunday night and I am recovering now.
And I did some reading, well, I checked in on some books, I must say, sometimes I felt too tired to read the whole book, so they don't show up here.

10) Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood. The Bliss have a little bakery and the parents have a secret magical bakery book which they hide and occasionally use for the benefit of others. But then an aunt shows up who to steal the book ...

11) Die Erweckungsbewegung in Basel im 19. Jahrhundert : ein Darstellungsversuch by Christoph Ramstein. There were a lot of things going on in the 19th century in Basel: Napoleon formed the canton of Aargau taking Rheinfelden away from Basel, the canton of Basel was divided into Country and City, the Swiss confederation was started, the German-French war was at its boders ... also theologically things happened: freedom of faith came, the University became more liberal, but the population became more pious; there were different influences from the Mennonites, the Baptistes, the Réveil, the Oxford Movement, the Evangelical Alliance, the founding of the Basler Mission and the Pilgermission St. Chrischona, the preacher's seminary ... This time is often referred to as the Pious Basel (das Fromme Basel). Interesting time, really

12) Evangelist Jakob Vetter : Ein Lebensbild by Maria Vetter. Vetter came as young student to the Chrischona seminary, but he was always sickly, had problems with his lung (bleeding). But he finished his studies and practical assignments in and around Basel and then went as a pastor and bible teacher to Hessen. There he had the idea about buying a huge tent and organize Christian rallies/meetings in different places. That's the start of the German Tent-Mission (later the first tent was given to a Dutch committee and a Swiss branch was founded). Later he founded a home/refuge for victims of persecution (freedom of faith did not work in all the German parts) and people need of rest and/or councelling. Later they moved to Riehen near Basel, helped here in different places. He had the idea of founding a Christian home here, too, but World War I made a halt to most of his plans. After he died his widow and Ernst Gilgen took up his ideas and funds and founded the Adullam Hospital in Basel. One of the larger private hospitals in Basel of today. ... a really interesting biography of a man who was bodily weak but had a strong God guiding him.

13) Die Evangelische Gesellschaft für Stadtmission in Basel : kurze Darstellung ihrer Entwicklung von 1859-1959 by Ernst Hauri. Also a pietist foundation of the 19th century. Especially for helping workers families, single women, orphans, asylum seekers, still basically doing the same work today.

14) Ein kleiner Pirat im Klassenzimmer : eine Geschichte by Birgit Rehaag. A children's book about a pirate's boy first days in school. He comes directly from a pirate's ship and has some problems in adapting to a 'normal' school. ... well, I like the idea of integrating kids pirates into school but here pirates are almost regarded as some kind of romantic, ideal community to grow up with

yesterday I got my results from the third corona test within 10 days, and this one is now positive (which is negative for me) ---- okay wear gloves when writing to me and don't smell too much at my flowers ...

*sigh* I hope the 'rona doesn't affect you too badly!

>74 drneutron: thanks, Jim. I was at my doctor's two weeks ago with the same symptoms (and a negative test result) and she diagnosed a sinusitis, a new allergy to I-don't-know-what-yet, and a reflux problem, two days ago I had another negative result and yesterday I got a positive one. So, I really don't know since when I wear this crown ...

I should be on stage next Saturday - we are practicing for a play for the kid's week after Easter. I am the narrator and have some important text passages at the beginning and in the middle. We play the exodus, and I should give an introduction to the plight of the Israelites in Egypt and then tell about the 10 plagues. Most roles are played by kids, so I am a bit worried about passing the crown on to them .... well, drink some more tea and sleep

I am very sorry to hear this, Paul.
I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery and hopefully you will be able to perform next Saturday.
It's not the day after tomorrow, is it?

>72 paulstalder: I'm sorry the 'Rona got you. I hope you get well quickly without any further problems from it. It must be so frustrating to finally succumb after all of the safety measures everyone has taken for over two years.

I was just arguing with my husband who feels that its spread is going down while I feel it is going up again because safety measure have been relaxed due to its full numbers going down. There is no winning when it comes to contagious diseases. I still have a close friend who refuses to be vaccinated, and she is devastated that no one in her family wants to include her in their Passover seder (which includes two families with children too young to be vaccinated). *sigh*

What is going to happen with your part in the play? Will you be tested before the play and do your part masked? Who really knows what is "safe" these days?

>76 SirThomas: thanks, yes, Saturday would be in two days time. Now I heard that the leader of the whole theater group got corona, too, and she wants to practice on Saturday. The government says that we should refrain from contacting 'vulnerable' people and stay home as long as we have symptoms - but that's up to me to decide.

>77 SqueakyChu: thanks, Madeleine. All safety measures were lifted last Friday, so no masks anymore, no quarantine etc., no wonder the infections go up. I just had a phone call with 'Moses' (he plays Moses), he has no infections momentarily but had corona in January. His part is more important than mine, since he has actually play acting. My part can be read by anybody, the voice even coming from the off. That might be a possibility, recording my part and then play it.
Who really knows what is "safe" these days? good question, with no answer or far too many to chose from ....

15) Everybody Loves Abraham, Martin, John—and Paul and Meryl : International Views of American Culture by Bruce Daniels. Americans are proud of their country but always try to explain (often in vain) what and why is so lovable about their country/culture. Daniels made a survey among university students (who showed some interested into the USA by submitting to a humanities course on American culture at these univeryities, at least 50 students of both sexes) in different countries (USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Poland), giving them a list of 100 items (names - of politicans, sports men and women, entertainers, public figures, events, places) which they had to identify and then rank them from negative (1) to positive (5). Overall, Switzerland rated the USA the lowest (3,28) and recognized 68% of the things listed on the questonnaire (4th, after USA, Canada, Australia).
Well, we know a lot about the USA, and we regard it as a leading nation. But what we don't like is the lack of interest/ignorance which people often show when coming to Europe (or, in my case) when putting requests to our archives. Even those who know Switzerland after years of dealing with Swiss, still put down a date in the wrong order (when filling out our forms) and don't bother about proper pronunciation or spelling of names (a question about 'Saint Moritz' I may return with the note that we have no Saint Moritz in Switzerland, please check your sources and see if you mean Sankt Moritz GR or Saint Maurice VS).

>79 paulstalder: That’s so interesting, Paul, that someone should even write a book about that topic. But wasn’t there once a book called The Ugly American about something similar? I think Americans may be so America-centric because we live in such a large country that we often travel extensively without even leaving our own country. When a friend and I were in Europe in the 1970s, we did not want others to know we were American so if someone we didn’t care for talked to us in English, we’d just shrug and talk to each other in Hebrew, which no others identified at that time (maybe lucky for us!).

If I had to simply explain what I like best about America, it’s that it allowed my parents to escape from Nazi Europe when their lives were in immediate danger.

Sadly enough, these days there is much for Americans to question about our own culture.

>80 SqueakyChu: Hej Madeleine. Daniels quoted from 'The Ugly American', also referred to Alexis de Tocqueville, The Uprooted, Becoming Americans, Becoming American and similar works.

He noted also that at the same Canadian university the same students were asked about leaders of the other participating countries - they only identified Adolf Hitler, Lech Walensa, and Emperor Hirohito (Daniels comment lets me assume that this may appliy also to the majority of American students doing European or Asian studies ...).

By the way, the children's week went very well. I did rap the nine plagues in Egypt (the 10th was then part of the play again) and the kids really liked it. So, I have to 'perform' again tomorrow during Sunday service when there will be a review of the week. And I started a rap course here (by a Black African who raps in French...). My Black relatives in South Carolina would probably laugh at my attempt to rap 'properly', me being White. Well, I might never be as good as they are, but it's fun trying.

There are many - even famous white rappers, Paul, don't be deterred - your audience loves you.
Have a wonderful weekend!

>81 paulstalder: Your rap performance sound wonderful. Too bad there's not a video of it that you could show us here on your thread!

Dropping in to wish you a great weekends. Hope you are feeling better!

>82 SirThomas: thanks for the encouragement, Thomas

>83 SqueakyChu: well, Madeleine, I am not so sure, that this would be so wonderful. I definitely need more practice

>84 figsfromthistle: thanks, Anita, for the good wishes

it's getting better, slowly. My rap performance yesterday in church went very well; and that really helps me to go on with that course. One of the kids came to me and asked me seriously if he could find a piece by me on youtube .... I'm so flattered

>85 paulstalder: Rapping at the church, Paul - the mind boggles! I would subscribe to a Youtube channel if you had one. :D

>86 PaulCranswick: hej Paul, pleased to see you here - it's was really a great experience when all the kids and teenagers in the church were standing (over 100 persons, including the adults) and making these rap-moves with their hands ...
okay, I let you know about youtube ... well, in about 5 or 10 years I guess. I am pretty slow when it comes to work (as working on the beat/move in this case) ...

I didn't read many books in the last three months, but I did read many articles and papers. One area I dived into quite many books was the history of the Koran.

I learned:
- the text of the Koran is in an Arabic script without diacritical signs (Rams)
- this rams looks like other old languages (Syriac, Hebrew, ...) - so, if added diacritical signs from other languages, some of the text makes sense in other languages
- there are no old manuscripts, the oldest being about 200 years later than Mohammed
- probably the oldest source are the verses engraved in the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem (691, but the history of the building is disputed, the story is told by Abu Bakr in 1019)
- there are different 'authentic' Korans today available, the most popular ones being the Hafs (named after a Koran teacher/reciter, 706-796) and Warsh (died 812, mostly used in North and West Africa)
- Mecca is not on any old map before the 8th century
- there are no travel notes/diaries of any journey to/through Mecca before 700

These are the books I consulted:
- Die ungefähre Bedeutung des Al-Qur'ān Al-Karīm in deutscher Sprache (ca. 2009) by Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rassoul, a Koran in German I was given in the street by a nice young man, but questions about the source (Warsh or Hafz) were not answered
- 1634381::The Qur'an : a biography by Bruce B. Lawrence¨
- An-Nawawī's forty hadith by Nawawī
- In search of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's Codex : history and traditions of the earliest copy of the Qurʾān by Seyfeddin Kara
- The Qurʾan : misinterpreted, mistranslated and misread ; the Aramaic language of the Qurʾan by Gabriel Sawma
- Über den Ur-Qurʾān : Ansätze zur Rekonstruktion vorislamischer christlicher Strophenlieder im Qurʾān by Günter Lüling
- Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran : ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache by Christoph Luxenberg
- From Arabian tribes to Islamic Empire army : state and society in the Near East c.600-850 by Patricia Crone
- Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam by Patricia Crone
- Die Söhne der Zeit : Auszüge aus dem biographischen Lexikon "Die Grossen, die dahingegangen" by Ibn Challikân
- Der Felsendom in Jerusalem und seine Geschichte by Richard Hartmann
- Der Islam : Band 1 ; Geschichte, Lehre, Unterschiede zum Christentum by Christine Schirrmacher

and many online sources and articles

I also collected material about the history of the Free Evangelical Church in Basel

some books I read from cover to cover, others I just used for references or read only one or two chapters

- Das "Fromme Basel" : Religion in einer Stadt des 19. Jahrhunderts by Thomas Konrad Kuhn
- Christian Friedrich Spittler : Gründer und Hirte by Erich Schick
- Die Christentumsgesellschaft in der Zeit von der Erweckung bis zur Gegenwart : Texte aus Briefen, Protokollen und Publikationen by Ernst Staehelin
- Basileia : Festschrift für Eduard Buess by Christoph Ramstein (Editor)
- Geschichte des Pietismus in den Schweizerischen Reformierten Kirchen by Wilhelm Hadorn
- Kirchengeschichte der reformierten Schweiz by Wilhelm Hadorn
- Zur Verantwortung des christlichen Glaubens : zehn Vorträge gehalten von Männern aus allen Ständen by Carl August Auberlen
- Nikolaus von Brunn : einer der Gründer der Basler Mission by Ernst Zaeslin
- Jakob Vetter : Ein Bahnbrecher neuer Volksmission ; Ein Lebensbild gezeichnet von seiner Gattin Maria Vetter ; frei bearbeitet von P. J. by Maria Vetter
- Jakob Ludwig Jaeger : ein Lebensbild by Theodor Jäger
- Die Evangelische Gesellschaft für Stadtmission in Basel : kurze Darstellung ihrer Entwicklung von 1859-1959 by Ernst Hauri
- Zuwanderung nach Basel : Beiträge zur Migrationsgeschichte im späten 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
- Festschrift zur Feier des 450-jährigen Bestehens der Universität Basel by Andreas Heusler
- 150 Jahre Evangelische Stadtmission Basel by Evangelische Stadtmission Basel
- Die Entstehung der Freien Evang. Gemeinden der Schweiz : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gemeinde Basel by Ernst Gilgen
- Eine Erweckungsbewegung im 19. Jahrhundert : Karl von Rodt und die Entstehung der Freien Evangelischen Gemeinden in der Schweiz by Armin Mauerhofer
- Vom Kampf der Väter : schwärmerische Bewegungen im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert : Dokumente aus freien evangelischen Gemeinden und kirchlichen wie freikirchlichen Gemeinschaften by August Jung
- Religion in Basel : ein Lese- und Bilderbuch : Ulrich Gäbler zum 60. Geburtstag by Thomas Konrad Kuhn
- Samuel Gobat, evangelischer Bischof in Jerusalem : Ein Lebensbild by Traugott Schölly
- Vorboten und Bahnbrecher : Grundzüge der evangelischen Missionsgeschichte bis zu den Anfängen der Basler Mission by Erich Schick
- Die Geschichte der christlichen Diakonie : praktizierte Nächstenliebe von der Antike bis zur Reformationszeit by Hammann, Gottfried

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>91 SirThomas: well done, Thomas

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>85 paulstalder: I am not so sure, that this would be so wonderful. I definitely need more practice

LOL!

Thank you Paul, it was great fun after I got the board off my head.
The first one took me a long time to realize that the second letter was green and my guess was correct. My only excuse is that it was still early in the morning.
The second one was a spelling mistake on my part, so it took me 2 tries, then the third one was a bit easier ;-).
And thanks for the BB, I think I should read a 1779 book again sometime. One of the few that I enjoyed reading in school as well.

>93 SqueakyChu:😊😊

>94 SirThomas: pleased to be of assistance for reading good books :)

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>97 paulstalder: Are there supposed to be a link there, Paul?

>99 PaulCranswick: yes, but somehow, it doesn't work. you have to copy the link and paste it in the url field of your browser. not so satisfactory

>100 paulstalder: That is a shame Paul because I am guessing that you continue to add a staggering amount of books.

I turn 66 on 6.6., and do read Psalm 66 :)

Beautiful words that give us hope in these times.
Happy Birthday Paul - I wish you a wonderful day.

Happy birthday, dear Paul - that is a lot of 6s!

>103 SirThomas: thanks Thomas

>104 PaulCranswick: thanks Paul - in Switzerland 6 is the best grade in school (not 1 as in most other countries) - so I am at the top of my class (who/whatever that is ...)

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! I hope you were able to spend it the way you wanted to.

Belated happy birthday, Paul!

Happy belated birthday!

>106 quondame: >107 figsfromthistle: >108 FAMeulstee: >109 drneutron: thank you so much

6.6.22 was really an interesting date -my daughter wrote: we congratulate to your 22nd birthday on this 22.6.6. :) i didn't argue ...

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Congratulations, Paul - a terrific achievement!
Have a wonderful weekend!

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>115 SirThomas: thanks, going well :)
enjoy your weekend as well

16) Tochter des Meeres by Federica de Cesco. Young adult. Ari is a great swimmer. She grows up with her grandparents in Münster because her parents are working abroad. She visits relatives on Lanzarote during summer and there swims alongside dolphins. One day, after an earthquake, she discovers a huge statue on the ground of the sea. Who, which culture made that statue? ... an easy read about friendship and long-gone cultures.

17) Gay girl, good God : the story of who I was, and who God has always been by Jackie Hill Perry. 'My father loved me sometimes.', she writes, telling her growing up with her mother, father sometimes visiting, but never giving her much attention otherwise. She was then sexually abused by another boy, and always felt confused about her feelings/longings for women. With 17 she lived out her lesbian feelings, and lived together with several other women. One day she felt that God wants to talk her and asks her who she wanted to be: an image of God, living in freedom, or a person determined by her sexual feelings, identified by her sexual acts? .... a great book, well written. She tells about her struggle with her sexuality and her thinking about who she is. Her knowledge of the Bible is great and she dedicates the last chapters in the books on same-sex-attractions and identity.



I came across Jackie (and her husband Preston) when listening to rap and spoken word stuff on spotify and youtube during my corona time. Especially her piece 'My Life as a Stud' really intrigued me to learn more about her and reading that book.

18) Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy in the translation of Hoffnung für alle : die Bibel. I was doing the narrator during our play for our children's week here in Riehen (ca. 150 kids were attending). we played the exodus of the people of Israel, and so I reread most parts again.

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19) Der unheimliche Mönch : Kriminalroman by Edgar Wallace. Contains two stories: In the first a gold transport was stolen and disappeared, the robbers were caught but the gold was missing ... in the second story private detektive Bob Brewer is hired by an insurance company in order to prevent 'the Club of Four' to steal money from an insured of this company ... an easy read, the characters are not so well honed, and parts of the stories are ridiculous

20) Du sollst nicht begehren : Roman by Batya Gur. An elderly man is found dead in a flower bed in a kibbutz, apparently a heart failure. But then later a younger woman dies in the hospital room, then the autopsy revealed that she died of a pesticide, which shouldn't be used anymore. Inspector Michael Ohayon is then asked to come to the kibbutz and find out, who has killed this woman ... not so much a mystery, more a detailed insight into kibbutz life, especially about their social and communal life and the adjustment (or not) to modern life, i.e. should the children still sleep in the children's home or should they stay with their parents?

>125 paulstalder: That sounds so interesting, Paul. I'll have to look for that book. I clearly remember the transition from children's houses in kibbutzim and later into their dismantling. So many changes have taken place in kibbutzim over the years. My earliest experience with kibbutz life was in 1972-1973 when I spent the year as a volunteer nurse in Israel. I met my cousin's oldest daughter near bedtime in the children's house at Kibbutz Shaar Haamakim (where Bernie Sanders had once been a volunteer!) I clearly remember her sleepily sitting in her bed. Now she's grown woman, no longer living on the kibbutz on which she grew up, but married and living in a lovely home near Tel Aviv with children of her own.

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>126 SqueakyChu: The book gives some insight into the kibbutz communities - the pioneer's spirit, the fight for the land and the community life, but also the arrogance of some chawerim who want to preserve everything as in the beginning. The original title is לינה משותפת which fits better than the English title 'Murder on a Kibbutz' (or the German, which hints at the (immoral) longing of some individuals, but has no reference to the community aspect).

>125 paulstalder: I really enjoyed the first book in the series.
Have a wonderful weekend, Paul.

Dropping in to wish you a wonderful weekend

>128 paulstalder: I remember my last visit to my family's kibbutz in 2001. My aunt Emma and her friend Jonah were part of the original settlers in the Jezreel Valley. I remember sitting on my aunt's mirpesset (porch) and them talking about the early days on the kibbutz which was founded in 1936. My aunt used to love to say ,"There wasn't even one tree!" By the time I visited it, it was a gorgeous green and flower-filled agricultural community. Their attitude towards the changes was not one of arrogance, but rather of sad nostalgia as they looked back and told me what it was like in the beginning. It makes my heart ache to remember our conversation.

>131 SqueakyChu: you are right, they did a great job with and for the land, with many sacrifices. Some remember the fellowship which grew out these hardships, and that's good to remember.

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windmill in the evening ----- Oostzijder mill at the Gein

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self portrait ----- evening: dune in Zeeland

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woman with spindle ----- farm in Duivendrecht

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composition with grey lines

can you guess this painter? 1872-1944

Our projekt 'Together on the Hörnli' started well. We some very interesting guests who tell us about their life (and the life of the deceased whose grave they visit) and are quite happy to have someone who listens and offers them something to drink (we have a very hot summer)

>135 paulstalder: I thought I knew the painter, but then I had to research on the Internet Mondrian right?
>136 paulstalder: I'm very pleased that your project is starting so well, that's really a great idea!

>134 paulstalder: I think I recognise Mondriaan.
I always love to see how his style changed through the years.

>134 paulstalder: Those are some arresting images. >135 paulstalder: No idea.

>137 SirThomas: >138 FAMeulstee: you are right, it was Piet Mondrian

>139 quondame: I wouldn't have recognized him either, I only knew the more abstract, later paintings.

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21) Der geheimnisvolle Eremit : ein mittelalterlicher Kriminalroman by Ellis Peters. A teenage pupil of the monastery disappears shortly after his father died. At the same time a new eremit moves into a hut in the nearby forest ... Brother Cadfael is busy figuring out who is doing what and why. Easy read.

I lost my balance, that is my balance organ in my left ear is gone, doesn't work anymore. So, everything revolves around me, I am the centre of the universe and everything turns around me ... horrible feeling, I am so dizzy I can't walk. I spent a week in hospital till the turning and vomiting stopped enough for me to go home. My son came to fetch me and I had to use crutches ...
Well, it's much better now. I can walk again without crutches, but slowly and without any head turnings and such movements.

Our project on the cemetery had its last day yesterday (sadly without me during the last few weeks). We had very good encounters with different people. People were happy to get something for free (water or coffee or tea) in the cemetery and some were quite happy to be able to talk. The only negative feedback: we had no ice cream ...

Paul - so glad that you are recovering strongly from that frightening disease...

and hope your team of doctors found a cause it it can be prevented.

>143 paulstalder: Oh I feel for you. It is such a ghastly feeling. I've had chips floating in my ears and, temporary as it was, it was bad enough. I do hope you find a new equilibrium.

>144 m.belljackson: Thanks, Marianne. The actual cause for the breakdown of my balance organ is unknown - it just happened, and such an attack can show up again - they only know that the next attack will not be as strong as the first one. Since there is no substance known which can influence the balance organ directly, the pharmaceutical industry is not interested. So, there is nothing known about preventing such things.

> 145 Hej Susan. Yes, 'ghastly' is a new word for me, but it just sounds horrible, so that's what I felt for 30 hours before I got some medication intravenously to stop the vomiting. Since then it very much improved. The dizziness is still in my head.

I learned that dizziness is unresearched. There are no big scaled studies about that subject. There is no medication against dizziness.

>143 paulstalder: Sos sorry, Paul, that must have been a frightning experience.
I hope improvement continues.

I'm sorry to hear about your ear problems Paul, I hope they don't come back.
A friend of mine had similar symptoms, she was diagnosed with Meniere's disease.
I am very happy that people have embraced your project, even without free ice cream...

>146 paulstalder: Good you continue to improve, Paul -

and this is not a Full Rant, but, if we can go repeatedly to the Moon and beyond
and develop even more nuclear disaster weapons, etc.,

why is there no money to fund cures for diseases which cause chronic pain...?

>147 FAMeulstee: Thanks Anita, I am grateful for small improvements every day - different people from church do come here and walk with me around town into the fields and back. I feel secure when somebody is around in case I should lose my balance ...

>148 SirThomas: Hej Thomas, my hearing is fine, it 'only' affected my balance organ (Gleichgewichtsorgan, you know die Schnecke und die Kristalle), a total shut down ...
The authorities of the cemetery are planning a restaurant within the cemetery, so they want to evaluate our experiences (-> definitely offer ice cream!).

>149 m.belljackson: you are right, Marianne. I got an email yesterday from a friend from the reading group at the elderly's home, saying the same thing: we fly to the moon, but can't treat dizziness ...

>143 paulstalder: So sorry to learn about the balance problem you are suffering, Paul. How frightening. It sounds like a nightmare. Hoping and praying you can recover completely from this.

>151 SqueakyChu: Thanks, Madeleine. I am improving my movements quite well, slight dizziness is still in my head. Thanks to my friends from church, I had people who walked me around everyday :) kind of therapeutic walking. I can't take part in our senior's outing, since a 3-hour-bus drive is not something my head would tolerate at the moment.

Did you follow the 125-year-jubilee Zionist congress here in Basel? I didn't notice much apart from all the helicopters circling above Basel, there was massive police and army presence, and traffic through the city was not possible. the commentaries were not too bad. But at the same there was our traditional Schwingfest (Swiss wrestling, or "breeches-lifting") which takes place every three years only, in Pratteln (next to Basel), - which was far more interesting than a congress.

>125 paulstalder: No, I didn't follow the 125 year jubilee Zionist congress. I was busy this week worrying about dental surgery (which went well). Regarding Israel, though, I recently had my first Israeli house guest since before pandemic. My first cousin's granddaughter from Haifa came to visit. I last saw her in Israel in 2001. :D It was weird to talk about my cousin because I had to remember that man is her grandfather!!

>153 SqueakyChu: Glad to know that your dental surgery went well, Madeleine, and great to have guests again, even guests from Israel. It seems, that you had a good time together.

22) Ein seltsames Gasthaus : die Geschichte der Madame Bender by Ruth Heil. Marguerite grew up in restaurant in the Alsace. She saw the effects of alcohol on so many people and the suffering that caused in the families. During World War II she was in the open field when airplanes attacked her village, she vowed that she would turn her father's restaurant into a alcohol-free house - and that's what she did. At first, the village people reacted hostile, but after some time, more and more guests came back and were thankful to be able to eat in a alcohol and smoke free restaurant. - a good testimony about a difficult way for a restaurant owner.

23) Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle (known also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin) part III. Dionysius Telmaharensis (* 773; † 845) wrote o chronicle about the history of Eastern Christianity. In this third part he uses material told by John of Ephesus, a Monophysites (believing that Christ has only one, the Godly nature, and not two, as the Council of Chalcedon declared). He was in Constantniople in 540 and later reported of the great plague (Plague of Justinian), of earthquakes and of the persecution of the Monophysites by the Arabs and the Church (under king Flavius Iustinus). ... a chronicle is not exactly an easy read, and Dionysius' report of all the calamities and atrocities didn't make it easier. But it is an interesting collection of events in the old Christian Near East.

24) Nacht über Algier : Roman by Yasmina Khadra. Commissaire Llob is one of the few honest police officers in Algier. A historien from the university starts to investigate some killings during and after the war of independence (1962), but a wellknown politician was involved back then and now is not too happy about this new investigation, some witnesses disappear ... a police crime investigation in Algeria, an interesting read with some historical background

25) Der Schatten des Geldes by Stefan Naglis. A car with a dead man is found in Zürich, looks like suicide, but Marc Steiner from the police finds some discrepancies. The investigation leads to one of the biggest Swiss banks. After Steiner gets the information about illiegal money transfers to th Bahamas, the informant is killed - who is behind all that? ... a nice Swiss mystery

26) Armer Pettersson by Sven Nordqvist. Pettersson is depressed and his cat Findus wants to persuade him to go fishing ... a lovely children's story I told my grandson (well, he looked more at the pictures and was not interested in the story...)

27) Silberkiesel : Roman by Hansjörg Schneider. The Basler police gets a hint from the German police that a courier wants to smuggle some diamants to Switzerland. But the courier notices the policemen and flushes the diamonds down the toilet. Kommissär Hunkeler has to find the diamonds (Silberkiesel = silver pebbles) and those who should have receiveed them ... a Swiss mystery which was also made into a movie. I read that mystery to the folks in the old people's home.

28) Holy Sexuality and the Gospel : Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God's Grand Story by Christopher Yuan. Yuan started out as an agnostic gay, and then reads and hears the gospel of Christ. He gives a profound study of sexuality in the Bible and gives a good outline for a Christian ethic of sexuality. ... He has a fascinating story to tell and comes up with great ethical guidelines.

29) Der Prophet und sein Feldherr : Mose und Josua führen das Volk Israel vom Roten Meer nach Kanaan by Ellen Gunderson Traylor. A historical novel about the Exodus, telling the events form from Joshua's point of view: How he experienced the curses in Egypt as a youth and then developed into the leader who lead the people of Israel into the promised land after Mose's death. ... a readable novel

30) Schüsse aus der Steinzeit : Roman by Tony Hillerman. A Zuñi youth is found dead, his best friend, a Navajo, is missing; so, some assume that the Navajo boy killed the Zuñi. But Joe Leaphorn has his doubts, he wants to track down the Navajo, and reading the tracks, he realizes that someone else is also looking for the youth ... a really interesting mystery, with a little insight into Zuñi religion

31) Nijura : das Erbe der Elfenkrone by Jenny-Mai Nuyen. Nill is a bastard, half elf, half human, and grows up among the humans in the forest. One day she finds a stone thorn which looks a bit like a knife. The village witch recognizes it as the magic knife which is only weapon which would kill the human usurper who has taken the elfish throne; and now Nill should bring that thorn to the enemy, but on the way she meets Scapa, the master thief of the human city - together they go on an adventurous tour, to find themselves and the final destiny of the elfish peoples ... a strange but interesting fantasy for young adults, well written (with some lengthy parts)

>165 paulstalder: A friend of mine has also already highly recommended them to me.
I think I will look around for books by her.
Have a wonderful weekend, Paul, I hope you are feeling better again.

>165 paulstalder: You would have thought that all the trouble it would take for a human and an elf to get it on, the least they could do was stick together!

Have a great weekend, Paul.

32) Reibungswärme by Anna Regula Hartmann-Allgöwer. Some comics about relationships, some are thought provoking

why don't you ever pet me?


i would love to be your ipad


prescribe me a little shopping on health insurance, it's so good for me

>166 SirThomas: hej Thomas, she has a good style, sometimes her characters don't behave so consistently ...

>167 PaulCranswick: Paul, you are right, they don't trust each other too much, but they go together till the end

>169 paulstalder: I love them.
>170 paulstalder: You are right, I have read two of her books and it was fun to read.

Have a wonderful weekend, Paul!

>171 SirThomas: thanks, Thomas, hope you are well.

I got corona the second time - twice injected, twice infected.

I planned to fly to Israel with a small group to meet some interesting people but know I have stay home and take care of my crown - sigh -

33) Cthulhu : Geistergeschichten by H. P. Lovecraft. Several short 'ghost' stories, more horror stories. I agree, that his writing is thrilling, but somehow horror stories don't work for me. Weird people interacting with weird creatures killing off other people.

I'm very sorry to hear that, Paul.
I hope you get better soon and maybe you can make the trip in the near future after all.

34) Charlotte Kestner und ihr Grabmal auf dem Kannenfeld-Gottesacker by Hans Bühler. Charlotte Kestner was the daughter of Charlotte Kestner-Buff (1753-1828), Goethe's Lotte. Charlotte took care of the households of her relatives in Hannover, Thann (Alsace), and then Basel where she lived and worked in the Kirschgarten, owned by J. J. Bischoff, who married Charlotte's niece Caroline. When the former cemetery Kannenfeld was reopened as a public park there they found this forgotten gravestone (now also destroyed).



I documented this gravestone in findagrave https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/245677165/charlotte-kestner, that's why I read this pamphlet.

>174 SirThomas: thanks, Thomas, but my first experiences with wearing such a crown was quite a difficult and long one ... so it looks, that I have to stay and read and work on my grave stones ...

35) Die Katze im Taubenschlag : ein Hercule-Poirot-Krimi by Agatha Christie. A murder in a private school, an Arabian princess is hijacked ... only Poirot can sort that out ... fun read

36) Der kleine Doktor White by Jane Goodall. Dr. White is a small white dog who likes to visit the children in the hospital, but one day the hygienic inspector sees him and forbids to let the dog in ... the children didn't get so well so soon anymore ... a lovely story I tried to tell my grandson, but he was just watching at the pictures

37) Der Papagei, das Telefon und die Bibliothekarin : Roman by Joe Coomer. Lyman is an orphan, works night shifts on the highway, lives in a trailer which isn't moving, and goes very cautiously through life. Then a parrot flies into his trailer and he goes out toi find its owner, with the help of the local librarian and her dog.... a lovely story about love, searching for meaning and being around for somebody else.
The German title is far more intriguing than the American one - I picked it up because of the combination of a librarian with something else.

>176 paulstalder: Sorry to hear that Paul, hopefully it won't be so bad this time.
I hope your books and findgrave can distract you a bit.
By the way, I've read a few books by Jenny-Mai Nuyen in the meantime, it was a pleasant read.

Sorry to hear you have covid. May it disappear quickly!

>172 paulstalder: I hope you are now fully recovered, Paul.

There seem to be a lot of cases here too at the moment and somewhat obtusely all seven in the office down with COVID were amongst the most hard-core of mask wearers.

>180 SirThomas: hej Thomas, well, it's so weird - I sit with my laptop and feel fine, but when getting up, I feel so fatigued ... findagrave keeps me busy with tracking down the Wackernagels in the USA and Australia ... maybe I should get another book by Jenny-Mai to brighten my reading (I read a lot about cemeteries these days).

>181 figsfromthistle: thanks Anita, well, looking back to my first corona experience - it took some time to get rid of that crown. I should be reading the old people's home next Monday but I will most probably not be able to do it.

>182 PaulCranswick: hej Paul, this co-vid is now our partner in live: we see it everywhere. Maybe the new slogan will be: 'Twice injected, twice infected', at least in my experience.
My son has got corona, too, but since they have not enough nurses he still has go to work tomorrow ...

I just realized, that taking care of people, doesn't make me a caretaker.

38) Basler Friedhöfe by Paul Koelner. A short history of burials and cemeteries in Basel from the middle ages till the building of the largest cemetery in Switzerland 1927 (Friedhof am Hörnli). In the city, the dead were always buried in the church or close to it (church yard). But the graves were not always properly covered - people fell into them when the wooden planks broke, animals could search the graves, and illness are easily spread. In 1450 there were 18 cemeteries mentioned in Basel. Then there was always the debate about who and where the deceased should be buried. The church where the cemetery belonged to got always some money. Later it was decided to build cemeteries outside of the city, but the city grew and so was the demand for space. Today almost all modern parks are former cemeteries in Basel, and the graves are cleared after 20 years (or the descendants pay for a family grave). Today the canton of Basel has 5 cemeteries (Basel: Wolf and the Israelite cemetery, Riehen: the village cemetery and the Friedhof am Hörnli, Bettingen: the village cemetery)

39) Letzte Ruhe am Rheinknie : Spaziergänge zu bemerkenswerten Toten auf Basels Friedhöfen by Thomas Blubacher. The author takes a walk (literally) through all five cemeteries of the canton of Basel (Basel, Riehen, Bettingen) and describes the more 'famous' people buried there. He starts with the Wolfgottesacker, the oldest still 'working' cemetery here, where only family graves are built, and stops at 66 graves, basically from old Basler families: Burckhardt, Clavel, Vischer, von der Mühll, Hagenbach, Wackernagel, Staehelin. The he goes to the other end of the city and describes 25 graves in the Israelitic cemetery (Adler, Dreyfus, Frank, Karger, Goldschmidt, Kisch ...). Then he goes through the Friedhof am Hörnli, stropping at 115 graves (Duvanel, Rasser, Muschg, Tschudi, Himboldt, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Portmann, Kaegi, Geigy, La Roche, Speiser, Liechtenhan, Zschokke, Barth, Tobey, Beyeler, Haber, Thommen, Hoffmann, Bernoulli, Cahn ...). Then he desribes 11 graves in the village cemetery of Riehen (Oeri, Birkhäuser, Schmalenbach, His, Auberlen, Sandreuter, La Roche, Späth ...) and 1 in the cemetery of Bettingen (Wenk). To each person he gives a short biography and always what links the person had to Basel.



I took part in a guided tour by the author when he walked us over the Hörnli, only about 30 graves, but that was quite interesting.
I also used the book adding everybody mentioned in the book to my findagrave files:
Bettingen: https://de.findagrave.com/cemetery/2705162/bettinger-friedhof
Riehen: https://de.findagrave.com/cemetery/2647386/gottesacker-riehen
Riehen: https://de.findagrave.com/cemetery/2143513/friedhof-am-h%C3%B6rnli
Basel: https://de.findagrave.com/cemetery/2316589/wolfgottesacker
Basel: https://de.findagrave.com/cemetery/2467815/friedhof-der-israelitischen-gemeinde-...

40) Der Gärtner von Otschakow : Roman by Andrej Kurkow. Igor, a young man, living with his mother in a suburb of Kiev, is living an easy life, doing nothing. One day, a homeless man, Stepan, is hired as a gardener by his mother. Stepan asks Igor to help him find an old treasure in Ochakov. As a reward for his help, Igor receives a suitcase with an old soviet uniform of a militiaman. Igor wears that uniform but when leaving his house the boots take him through time to the Ochakov of the 1957s ... an interesting plot

Merry Christmas, Paul!

Malaysia's branch of the 75er's wishes you and yours a happy holiday season.

>187 quondame: >188 PaulCranswick: thank you very much

41) Hilfe, es wird Weihnachten : Anregungen zur Gestaltung - Geschichten und Gedichte by Kathi Kaldewey and Raphael Müller. Kathy is a Christian counselor and artist (and a neighbour of mine), Ralph was born mute, so he couldn't express himself and was regarded as retarded but when someday he received a laptop, the parents realized that he was able to read and write - he listened and observed everything. With 10 he was writing his own poems and stories. The book contains his writings about Christmas and Kathy gives some guidelines how to celebrate this season with the family.

42) Geschichten zur Weihnachtszeit by Selma Lagerlöf. A collection of her stories and legends about Christmas.

43) Das Geheimnis von Bahnsteig 13 by Eva Ibbotson. The baby of the kind and queen of the Island in another world enters our world at King's Cross in London ans is then kidnapped by a heartless woman in search of a son. The the magic door shuts and the strange creatures have to wait 9 years till the door opens again and the can bring the child home. But the child changed ...