Landschlacht, Switzerland: 1 February 2016 I recall with great fondness watching the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland as a boy. I found it both amusing and thought-provoking, even in my boyhood, the idea of an animal, the White Rabbit, carrying around a pocket watch, scurrying obsessively, muttering: “I´m late. I´m late, for a very… Continue reading Time of our lives
Month: February 2016
New Switzerland lost and found
Winterthur, 29 January 2016 Wearing my teacher´s hat again this day…conversation class. Topic of discussion: The Swiss Family Robinson, written by pastor Johann David Wyss (1812), edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss and illustrated by his son Johann Emmanuel Wyss, is a story about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Australia. The… Continue reading New Switzerland lost and found