I just heard from a colleague who is currently in Vienna with a group of U.S. American students that two of his group were walking around yesterday and ended up chatting with the Austrian president, Alexander van der Bellen. They even got a selfie with him! (With or without his shelter dog I don’t know. )
Archive | May, 2024
The Linden (Lime) Trees
15 MayThe last two mornings I got the faintest whiff and thought I was imagining it because it is very early. This morning, it was clear — the linden trees are flowering again and the air is full of the sweet tantalizing scent.
Since I like to check my perceptions, I decided to go back and see if it really is so early or whether I was making that up. Here are the dates of my previous posts about the linden trees:
2023: Beginning of June
2022: June 2nd
2021: June 7th
2020: June 10th
2017: May 30th
2016: June 4th
2015: June 2nd
2012: May 24th
2011: May 30th
I’ll let you do the math.
NYTimes: ‘They Are So Triggered by Me’: Conchita Wurst’s 10-Year Roller-Coaster Ride
10 May‘They Are So Triggered by Me’: Conchita Wurst’s 10-Year Roller-Coaster Ride https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/arts/music/conchita-wurst.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q00.3TWi.lMQqENOx8cWq
So, 2014 must have been the last time I watched the Eurovision song contest. I remember Conchita’s win and how fascinating it was. And now Tom Neuwirth is being written up in the NYT.
Rise like a phoenix: https://youtu.be/huWRtziXEPk?si=46ee8k1SmdiYbuz6
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