#Maria Alm

[acabpower]

Acab Sticker in Maria Alm, Austria

[bergsmotiv]

Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, das beliebte Skiparadies mit dem Skigebiet Aberg-Langeck, 800-2000 m, Land Salzburg

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Beautiful Churches And Chapels Across Europe

The Austrian Alps - Maria Alm On A Crisp Winter Morning

Photographer: Vincent Croce

[sportu]

This is how the players live in the training camp in Maria Alm

Arrival in the mountain panorama: 1. FC Köln is training against an idyllic backdrop. The fans get very close to the players. Maria Alm stands for down-to-earth work. When the 1. FC Köln team bus pulled up through the narrow streets of the village square at 2:57 p.m. on Thursday, the team was greeted by dozens of FC fans. The supporters had been waiting in the cafés and restaurants around the…

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directed by Alex Herron, 2022

[tinagodiva]

Maria Alm, Austria 🇦🇹

📸:@Vincecroce

[oakdll]

All of my persona builds in Persona 5 Royal!

Because most people aren’t as insane as me I gave descriptions for all the skills so you can understand them :3

LONG ASS POST AHEAD

Izanagi no Okami Picaro (main almighty damage, max all stats)

- Myriad Truths (heavy almighty x3 all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Almighty Boost (alm damage +25%)

- Almighty Amp (alm damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Victory Cry (recover all hp/sp after battle)

- Drain Bless

- Drain Curse

- Country Maker (exclusive trait, damage dealt and taken corresponds to persona compendium completion percentage)

Lucifer (buff, max all stats)

- Concentrate (next magic attack 2.5x damage)

- Charge (next phys attack 2.5x damage)

- Auto Matarukaja (auto +40% damage all allies)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Insta Heal (instant recovery from ailments)

- Drain Bless

- Will of the Sword (trait, charge + concentrate deal 3x damage instead of 2.5x, auto concentrate)

Orpheus F Picaro (buff + debuff)

- Neo Cadenza (exclusive, all stats +40% all party members, 50% heal)

- Debilitate (all stats -40% one foe)

- Auto Matarukaja (auto +40% damage all allies)

- Auto Marakukaja (auto +40 defense all allies)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Elec

- Drain Curse

- Wealth of Lotus (trait, all stat buffs cast by player last +2 turns)

Maria (heal)

- Holy Benevolence (exclusive, full revives all allies)

- Salvation (full heal + cure ailments all allies)

- Holy Whisper (exclusive, +15% hp +15 sp each turn)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Fire

- Drain Curse

- Grace of Mother (trait, healing skills 0.25x cost)

Kaguya Picaro (bless)

- Shining Arrows (exclusive, light bless 4-8x all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Bless Boost (bless damage +25%)

- Bless Amp (bless damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate 2x)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Fire

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Tsukiyomi Picaro (curse)

- Abyssal Wings (exclusive, severe curse all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Curse Boost (curse damage +25%)

- Curse Amp (curse damage +50%)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate 2x)

- Drain Nuke

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Asterius Picaro (fire)

- Titanomachia (exclusive, severe fire + 70% fear all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Fire Boost (fire damage +25%)

- Fire Amp (fire damage +50%)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Drain Ice

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Messiah Picaro (ice)

- Ice Age (severe ice all foes, 24% freeze)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Ice Boost (ice damage +25%)

- Ice Amp (ice damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate 2x)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Curse

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Izanagi no Okami (wind)

- Vacuum Wave (severe wind all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Wind Boost (wind damage +25%)

- Wind Amp (wind damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate 2x)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Curse

- Country Maker (exclusive trait, damage dealt and taken corresponds to persona compendium completion percentage)

Satanael (elec)

- Wild Thunder (severe electric all foes, 24% shock)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Elec Boost (elec damage +25%)

- Elec Amp (elec damage +50%)

- Tyrant’s Mind (exclusive, all damage +25%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Messiah (psychic)

- Psycho Blast (severe psychic all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Psy Boost (psy damage +25%)

- Psy Amp (psy damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Curse

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Fafnir (nuke)

- Cosmic Flare (severe nuke all foes)

- Magic Ability (magic damage +25%)

- Nuke Boost (nuke damage +25%)

- Nuke Amp (nuke damage +50%)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Spell Master (all magic skills 0.5x cost)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Drain Curse

- Mighty Gaze (trait, magic skills targeting all foes deal +25% damage)

Yoshitsune (physical)

- Hassou Tobi (exclusive, light phys damage 8x all foes)

- Arms Master (all phys skills 0.5x cost)

- Apt Pupil (crit rate x2)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Insta Heal (instant recovery from ailments)

- Drain Curse

- Drain Bless

- Undying Fury (trait, phys skills deal +30% damage)

Odin (gun)

- Riot Gun (severe gun all foes)

- Arms Master (all phys skills 0.5x cost)

- Apt Pupil (crit rate 2x)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate 2x)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Trigger Happy (gun crit rate +15%)

- Gun Boost (gun damage +25%)

- Gun Amp (gun damage +50%)

- Undying Fury (trait, phys skills deal +30% damage)

Raoul (sleep)

- Phantom Show (exclusive, 90% sleep all foes)

- Enduring Soul (full revives once after death)

- Insta Heal

- Ailment Boost (+25% chance of inflicting ailments)

- Sleep Boost (+25% chance of inflicting sleep, actually unnecessary because of ailment boost)

- Ali Dance (evasion rate x2)

- Endure (partially revives once after death)

- Drain Bless

- Foul Stench (trait, +10% chance of inflicting ailments, this is actually unnecessary bc of ailment boost)

Girimekhala (repel all as an experiment against twins fight before they fuse into lavenza)

- Repel Fire

- Repel Ice

- Repel Wind

- Repel Elec

- Repel Psy

- Repel Nuke

- Repel Bless

- Ali Dance

- Retaliating Body (trait, repelled damage x2)

Additional Notes:

I didn’t use Pagan Allure (trait, +50% magic damage) because it doesn’t go through the damage cap. With elemental boosts, amps, and magic ability, you reach the damage cap, and Mighty Gaze (trait, +25% magic damage when attacking all foes) goes through the cap and deals 125% more damage. Pagan Allure would be useful with Yoshitsune since phys skills don’t have boost, amp, or magic ability, but unfortunately Pagan Allure only works with magic skills, so Undying Fury (trait, +30% phys damage) it is.

I also picked all the personas for this based off of their exclusive traits and natural resistances. I chose wind and elec to go to Izanagi no Okami and Satanael specifically because they are some of the most common weaknesses and those two have exclusive skills that increase damage significantly. The exclusive skills i’m talking about being Country Maker (trait, damage given and taken corresponds with persona compendium completion percentage) and Tyrants Mind (+25% damage dealt). If there were any unique skills such as Abyssal Wings (Tsukiyomi exclusive, severe curse all foes) I would prioritize using that, and if there weren’t any I would prioritize the persona with the most resistances.

I also didn’t include Victory Cry (full hp/sp recover after battle) because I have the Victory Cup accessory which gives Victory Cry. It would also be a waste of a slot and a real pain to add to every persona because the only way you can obtain it is by fusing with Satanael or relying on Gallows RNG with Izanagi no Okami.

[turangalila]

Johannes Brassart (c. 1400 - c. 1455) – Regina coeli [(no. 87-179. pp.197r-198r) MS 1374 [87] (Trent 87). Museo Provinciale d'Arte, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy]

Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia. / Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia. / Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia. / Ora pro nobis Deum. // Alle Domine, nate matris Deus alme / nobis confer praestaque vivere. / Quoniam te decet laus honor Domine, / qui de morte surrexisti rex pie. / Fac nos post te surgere, alleluia.

– Ave Maria [(no. 87-036. p.51r) MS 1374 [87] (Trent 87). Museo Provinciale d'Arte, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy]

SUPERIUS I Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum / Et tua gratia sit mecum / gloria mulierum, gemma virginum / stella sacerdotum, rosa martyrum / domina apostolorum, regina angelorum / Iocunditas celorum, Iesu dei mater. / Amen. 

SUPERIUS II Ave Maria gratia plena / ego peccator suspiro ad te / inclinans ad te intercede pro me / ad dilectissimum filium tuum / ut mundet me a peccatis, liberet me a poenis / ut salvet me in cælis, ut vivam cum beatis. / Benedicta tu in mulieribus / et benedictus Iesus / dulcissimus fructus ventris tui. / Amen

_ Arnold de Lantins:  Missa Verbum Incarnatum Capilla Flamenca. Dirk Snellings Psallentes. Hendrik Vanden Abeele Clari Cantuli. Ria Vanwing  (2002, Ricercar RIC207)

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Hello😁 can you share your favorite queens?

Thank you for the great ask anon, of course! 🥰

#1: Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom – (nèe Princess Alexandra of Denmark, "Alix".

— She was beautiful, a warm and caring mother/grandmother, was popular as Princess of Wales and Queen Consort among of her people because of her good nature, and she supported many charities, including her own: "Alexandra Rose Day", founded by Queen Alexandra in 1912, this was a charity where flowers were being sold and all the money went to supporting Londoners in poverty. This was inspired by a priest in her native Denmark selling roses to raise money for those in need, Queen Alexandra brought the idea back to the United Kingdom. ❤✨

#2: Queen Anne Boleyn of England – (nèe Lady Anne Boleyn)

— She was intelligent, funny, caring and kind to all of people, and as her two years as Queen Consort she supported many charities, and even "gave alms to the poor, provided for widows, and even sewed shirts and smocks for the needy". She also helped with promoting new educational identities for monasteries, which were no longer under the protection of the Catholic Church. After only two years of being Queen Consort when she was said to have been 35 years old, she was executed after being imprisoned in the Tower of London for 17 days because she was accused of committing treason, but the true reason she was executed was because she failed to give King Henry VIII a male heir. ☹️💔

#3: Queen Marie Sophie of the Two Sicilies – (nèe Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria)

— She was beautiful, bright, and fierce. She was given the nickname the "Warrior Queen", the "Heroine of Gaeta" and the "modern Joan of Arc", rallying the troops, nursing the injured, feeding her forces at her own table and taunting Garibaldi's army from the battlements with the words; "Go ahead and shoot me. I will be where my men are". It was said of her that the Queen would "wipe your brow if you were wounded or hold you in her arms while you die". ❤️‍🔥👑

#4: Queen Marie Antoinette of France – (nèe Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria)

— She was honest, lovable, bold, a social butterfly who loved gambling, partying and extravagant fashions. Growing up she was closest with her sister, Maria Carolina, who was three years older, and with whom she had a lifelong close relationship. As Queen, Marie Antoinette was always unpopular, she spent lavishly, but her extravagance was only a minor cause of France's growing debt in the 1770-80s. Because of Louis XVI's indecisiveness, Marie played an increasingly prominent political role. But was very beloved for her charitable activities and patronage of the arts. She supported various charitable organizations and institutions, and she was also a benefactress of the poor. 💞🎀

#5: Queen Lovisa of Denmark – (nèe Lovisa of Sweden)

— She was described as intelligent, with an ability to be natural, easy and friendly. And As Queen, she was mainly known for her many charity projects, an interest that she shared with her spouse. She did not care for ceremonial duties and public events, and lived a discreet life dedicated to her children and her interests in art, literature and charity. After a short tenure of only six years as Queen, she was widowed in 1912.

#6: Queen Alexandrine of Denmark – (nèe Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

— She was reticent by nature. Her childhood was characterised by regular sporting activities, and from a young age she played the piano to a high standard. Her great interest in music stayed with her for her entire life and was passed on to her equally musical eldest son, Prince Frederik (IX). As of her first years as Queen, she had difficulty getting used to public attention, and she preferred to avoid the media limelight, but performed her functions in an exemplary manner. In the home her presence was crucial for the two boys, since Christian X was known for surrounding himself with a certain atmosphere of the barracks. Queen Alexandrine undertook extensive charity work until her death and was an avid golf player and photographer, who also loved doing needlework to a high standard. 💫

#7: Queen Margherita of Italy – (nèe Margherita of Savoy)

— She was described as sensitive, proud and with a strong force of will without being hard, as well as having the ability to be charming when she chose to. As to her appearance, she was described as a tall, stately blonde, but she was not regarded as a beauty. As Queen, she worked to protect the monarchy against republicans and socialists, and she gathered a circle of conservative intellectuals and artists known as the "Circolo della Regina" (Circle of the Queen) in her famous literary salon known as "Giovedì Della Regina" (Queen's Thursdays), where she benefited artists and writers.

#8: Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain – (nèe Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg), "Ena".

— She was described as very kind but very strict and she devoted herself to work for hospitals and services for the poor, as well as to education. She also involved herself in the reorganization of the Spanish Red Cross. In 1929, the city of Barcelona erected a statue of her in a nurse's uniform in honour of her Red Cross work and since the the statue has been destroyed.

#9: Queen Elena of Italy – (nèe Elena of Montenegro)

— She was described as shy and reserved but also rather stubborn. Very attached to traditions, with a sensitive soul and a lively and curious mind, she was endowed with a strong love for nature: her favourite flower was the Cyclamen. She was a very tall woman of 180 cm (5'11). As Queen, her commitment to numerous charitable and welfare initiatives, which assured her great sympathy and popularity, was profuse. The Queen went well beyond mere charity: her evangelical spirit led her to practice every day the most genuine and most charitable love of neighbor.

#10: Queen Marie of Romania – (nèe Princess Marie of Edinburgh), "Missy".

— She was described as very beautiful and high spirited. As a young girl, Marie was very close with her sisters, but mostly her sister Victoria Melita, they played many games with their father and Marie's mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh neglected Marie and her sisters' education, considering them not very bright or gifted. But in the fields of painting and drawing, Marie and her sisters had inherited her grandmother, Queen Victoria's talent. On October 11th, 1914, Marie and her husband Ferdinand were acclaimed as king and Queen in the Chamber of Deputies. Princess Anne Marie Callimachi, a close friend of Marie, wrote that "as Crown Princess, she had been popular; as Queen, she was more loved". Marie maintained a certain influence on her husband and the entire court, leading historian A. L. Easterman to write that "it was not Ferdinand, but Marie who ruled in Romania".

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[acabpower]

Acab Sticker in Maria Alm, Austria

[bergsmotiv]

Skidorf Saalbach

Salzburger Land / Österreich 

[gardenofkore]

You can do politics and protest in a thousand ways. I sing. But I’m not a singer...I’m different. Let’s say, I’m an activist who makes rallies with the guitar.

Rosa on herself [my translation]

Rosa Balistreri was born on March 21st, 1927 in Licata (in the province of Agrigento) from a poor (and also alcoholic and often violent) carpenter and a housewife. She had two sisters, Mariannina and Maria, and a brother, Vincenzo (paraplegic since birth).

Since she was a young child, Rosa had to work to help support her family. She worked as a maid with wealthy families, preserved fish, and gleaned the fields of nearby villages during summer. Singing was her only enjoyment, and soon her raspy and passionate voice started to be appreciated, to the point she was hired to sing during wedding and baptism celebrations.

Around 15-16 years old, she was married to Gioacchino Torregrossa, called Iachinazzu and whom she will later describe as “latru, jucaturi e ‘mbriacuni” (thief, gambler and alcoholic). From this marriage, a daughter, Angela, was born. True to the description his wife gave of him, at some point Iachinazzu bet his daughter’s dowry and lost it. This event must have been for Rosa the last straw, so once she found out, the enraged and desperate woman stabbed her husband with a knife. Thinking she had killed him, she turned herself to the Carabinieri.  As it turned out, Iachinazzu had just been severely wounded, so Rosa was only sentenced six months. 

Once she served her time, she started working as a peddler, until she left her husband and moved to Palermo together with her daughter. In Palermo, she worked as a maid for a noble family. She was able to send her daughter to boarding school, while she learnt to read and write. Everything seemed to go well until the family’s young son seduced Rosa and got her pregnant. With the (false) promise of marrying her, he convinced her to steal money from his parents. Unfortunately for her, Rosa was discovered and ran away. She was nonetheless arrested and sentenced seven months. When her time was served, she was forced to live on the street until a midwife friend took her in and helped her give birth to a stillborn son.

Thanks to the intervention of Earl Testa, Rosa was employed as keeper cum sacristan of the Church of Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti, Palermo. For a while, she lived in the sacristy’s basement together with her brother Vincenzo, until the priest attempted to assault her. The woman took revenge by stealing the church’s alms-giving and with the money, she bought two tickets for Firenze, one for her and the other for her brother.

In Firenze, Vincenzo started working as a shoemaker while she resumed her job as a maid for upper-class families. The siblings were soon joined by their sister Mariannina, and their mother. The other sister, Maria (together with her children), joined them later, following a terrible fight with her violent husband. Unfortunately for Maria, her husband followed her and, once he found his wife, he killed her. Maria’s death was a huge blow to Rosa’s family, their distraught father was so desperate he hanged himself.

In the meantime, Rosa had started a relationship with Florentine painter Manfredi Lombardi. Through him, she managed to get introduced to artistic figures like Genoese art critic Mario De Michele (who allowed her to record her first album), Sicilian poet Ignazio Buttitta (who suggested that she learnt how to play the guitar and helped her with the songwriting and the composition of the music tracks), or 1997 Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo (who hosted her in the first two editions of his theatrical show Ci ragiono e canto).

Eventually, her decade-long relationship with Lombardi would end after he dumped her for a model, causing Rosa to fall into depression and attempt to kill herself. To make things worse, her daughter Angela had abandoned boarding school because she found herself pregnant and now Rosa had to provide also for her. To her rescue came her friends from the Italian Communist Party (PCI) who allowed her to perform during the various Feste de l’Unità the Party organized in various Italian cities.

She returned to Sicily at the beginning of 1970s. No longer an unknown Sicilian émigré, she came back as an accomplished artist. In 1973 her song Terra che non senti was disqualified during the XXIII edition of Sanremo Music Festival. The disqualification occurs after the RAI denounces the song via telegram as not being an unreleased track, prompting various controversies since it seemed like the real reason Rosa was banned was that the RAI was afraid that she (a known activist with Communist ideals) might use the Festival to make some dangerous social statement in front of 30 millions of viewers. By many, she’s considered the moral winner of the XXIII edition.

In Palermo she kept singing and playing in the Teatro Biondo, as well as touring the world, performing among other in Sweden, Germany, and the USA and always being celebrated.

While in tournée in Calabria, Rosa suffered from a stroke. She was hospitalised in Palermo, in Villa Sofia Hospital, where she died on September 20th 1990, although later buried in Trespiano, near Firenze. She was 63.  

Rosa’s voice, her strangled singing, dramatic, anguished, sounded as if it came from Sicily’s parched earth. I got the impression of having always known her, to have seen her being born and heard her throughout my whole life: child, shoeless, poor, woman, mother, Because Rosa Balistreri is a fantastic character, I’d say a drama, a novel, a faceless movie.

Ignazio Buttitta [my translation]

Sources

Balarm,  Sanremo 1973: la grande assente Rosa Balistreri, esclusa con "Terra che non senti"

Cascio Franco, Quella volta che Rosa Balistreri fu esclusa dal Festival di Sanremo

Grasso Mario, Rosa Balistreri, la cantautrice siciliana che ha vinto contro ogni mala fortuna

Meli Cristina,  Rosa Balistreri, la prima cantautrice e cantastorie donna italiana

PalermoViva, Rosa Balistreri Canta e Cunta

Providenti Giovanna, Rosa Balistreri

[fabiansteinhauer]

Rabgiusa

1

Ich habe zwar keine Farm in Afrika, aber eine halbe Wohnung in Sils Maria. Das ist ein ehemaliges Fischerdorf in Graubünden, gehört zur Schweiz und liegt am Inn. In Sils Maria geben die Leute den Häusern keine Nummer, sondern Namen. Das Haus, in dem die Wohnung liegt, heißt Rabgiusa, Chesa Rabgiusa. Rabgiusa ist ein Ort, der oberhalb von Sils Maria liegt und eine Art Mont Ventoux von Sils Maria ist. Das ist zwar kein Berg, zwei Gipfel liegen noch höher, das sind Corvatsch und Furtschellas. Der Ort ist eine Matte und Alm, man könnte ihn Mout' Ventoux nennen. Wie Ventoux so ist dieser Ort äußert windig, windumtosst und daher immer wütend, tosend, rabiat oder rasend, daher hat der Ort einen Namen, wie der Mont Ventoux.

Das Haus wurde in einem Herbst gebaut, den man in Deutschland den deutschen Herbst nennt. Winter 78/79 war das Haus bezugsfertig und eine große Anzahl von Deutschen hatten sich dort eingekauft, um etwas zu haben, in dem Antike nachlebt: Ein Villa vor der Stadt, ein Jagdschloss, eine Eremitage, eine Sommer- oder Winterresidenz, ein Refugium, also Asyl oder Zufluchtsstätte.

2.

Was raste in diesem Haus? Unter anderem Frau Dürr, die schnellste Porschefahrerin von Sils Maria, Mutter dreier kesser, gewandter und bildschöner Töchter, Ehefrau des Nachfolgers von Emil und Walther Rathenau Heinz Dürr, der gerade im Alter von 90 Jahren gestorben ist. Dieter Steinhauer, nicht ganz so schnell rasender, sogenannter Düsenknallanwalt ebenfalls mit Porsche aus Wuppertal, die Rembolds, ein Lehrerehepaar aus Baden-Württemberg, die Weisshaupts - Kesselproduzenten wie die Vissmanns (diesmal aber wirklich mit doppeltem S). Die Gehrings und die Nanns aus Esslingen, aus der gleichen Stadt Renate Pilz die gerade ihren Mann bei einem Flugzeugabsturz verloren hatte und das zum Anlaß nahm, die Firma ihres Mannes zu einem Weltmarktführer für Relais und Sicherungsschalter zu machen; die Fernaus aus Bochum, die beide offensichtlich an der Pommesbude zu sprechen gelernt hatten und das nicht nur zu hohen Kunst entwickelt hatten, sondern damit auch große Reichtümer erlangt hatten; Jürgen Edler, ein porschefahrender Zahnarzt mit leichtem Herzen aus Solingen. Sepp Hort, guter Freund von Franz Josef Strauß und sein Double, der hatte dort auch Quadratmeter, er war vor allem bei MBB in Lohn und Speise. Fast alle aus dem Schwabenland waren bescheiden, gläubig und pietistisch, die aus dem Rheinland fröhliche Nihilisten á lá James Last, die Bayern pragmatisch.

Kurz gesagt: Es wohnten auch Schweizer in dem Haus, aber in weiten Teilen war das eine deutsche Trotzanlage aus den Zeiten des sog. deutschen Herbstes. Das Haus war und ist streng stratifiziert, die Wohnungen im Erdgeschloss waren die billigsten, aber dort kauften sich die Berater, Ärzte und Lehrer ein, die damals noch auf einer Schicht gemeinsam kaufen konnten, also eben Sportlehrer vom Gymnasium, Anwälte und Zahnärzte.

Dort liegt auch die Wohnung, deren Hälfte meine Sorge sein soll, die andere Hälfte soll die Sorge meines Bruders Cajus sein. Vom ersten Stock an fast nur noch Unternehmer, höheres Management und Gesellschafter , wie eben die Familien Dürr, Weisshaupt oder Pilz (Ausnahmen gab es wie Frau Anwältin Steinberg aus Berlin mit einer kleinen Wohnung im ersten Stock).

Die Leute rasten. Dürrs rasten schon bald weiter und verließen nach ca. 12 Jahren das Haus, um neben Diana von Fürstenberg am Suvrettahang zu ziehen, Klassenaufstieg! Danach gab es in der Deutschen Bahn Fürstenbergpils, was alle Trincker und sonstwie Beteiligten eine zeitlang glücklich gemacht hat, bis vermutlich Mehdorn auf Radeberger umstellte, der Mensch muss gestalten und soll es tun.

3.

In den sieben mageren Jahren hätte ich die Hälfte beinahe verkauft, wenn mich nicht mein treuer Beirat Markus Krajewski mit Rat und Direktorin Marietta Auer mit Tat davon abgehalten hätte. Er sagte: spinn' nicht zu doll, mein lieber Freund (er liebt die Wohnung als Museum der BRD), und sie gab Kredit und Job, um das nicht zu tun.

Im Sommer bin ich mit Markus Krajewski zum Dank hoch zu Rabgiusa, wo er lustigerweise gleich und aufgefordert von Thomas Vesting aus Tübingen erzählte, was mich jetzt dazu bringt, mit Thomas Vesting unbedingt einmal ein paar Tage in dieser Wohnung verbringen zu wollen und nach Rabgiusa hochlaufen zu wollen: zum rasenden Dank. Dann ist Marietta Auer dran, aber Schritt für Schritt.

Rasen und Tosen, Wüten kann man als Kulturtechnik verstehen, das geht, denn die Leute tun es und tun einiges dafür, mit dem Rasen und Tosen, mit intensiv flüchtigen Dingen dankbar umgehen zu können. Alle meine Qualifikationsarbeiten habe ich dort geschrieben, jeweils im Sommer rasend schnell. Wer Tipps für hochengadiner Kulturtechniken juristischer oder juridischer Art braucht, darf sich bei mir melden, ich mache zu äußerst fairem Lohn Angebote, die man ablehnen kann, das bin ich dem Erbe schuldig, so verpflichtet Eigentum.

[whats-another-song-contest]

We have ARTISTS and ENTRIES for semi 1 & 2!!!

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Semi 1

Victor Crone – Diamonds (Writers: David Lindgren Zacharias, Peter Kvint, Victor Crone)

Rejhan – Haunted (Writers: Albin Johnsén, Mattias Andréasson, Pontus Söderman, Tilde RONIA Wrigsell)

Loulou Lamotte – Inga sorger (Writers: Jonas Thander, Loulou Lamotte)

Eva Rydberg & Ewa Roos – Länge leve livet (Writers: Emil Vaker, Henric Pierroff, Kalle Rydberg)

Elov & Beny – Raggen går (Writers: Johan Werner, Kristian Wejshag, Mattias Elovsson, Oscar Kilenius, Tim Larsson)

Tone Sekelius – Rythm of my show (Writers: Anderz Wrethov, Dino Medanhodzic, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Tone Sekelius)

Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North feat. Adam Woods – Where You Are (Sávečan) (Writers: Arc North, Calle Hellberg, Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Joy Deb, Oliver Belvelin, Richard Lästh, Tobias Lundgren, William Segerdahl)

Semi 2

Wiktoria – All my life (Where have you been) (Writers: Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, Wiktoria Johansson)

Eden – Comfortable (Writers: Benjamin Rosenbohm, Eden Alm, Emil Adler Lei, Julie Aagaard)

Uje Brandelius – Grytan (Writer: Uje Brandelius)

Theoz – Mer av dig (Writers: Axel Schylström, Jakob Redtzer, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son)

Maria Sur – Never give up (Writers: Anderz Wrethov, Laurell Barker)

Tennessee Tears – Now I know (Writers: Anderz Wrethov, Jonas Hermansson, Thomas Stengaard, Tilda Feuk)

Panetoz – On My Way (Writers: Anders Wigelius, Daniel Nzinga, Jimmy Jansson, Nebeyu Baheru, Njol Badjie, Pa Modou Badjie, Robert Norberg)

[lucreziasredwyne]

where: one of highgarden’s feasting halls within the main keep of the castle when: following the first day of fasting for laytal-al-ikhlas, the sun had now set which allowed for followers of the old way to finally break their fast.

traditionally, it was the rowans of goldengrove who hosted the grandest and largest of celebrations for nights such as these. how often it seemed as though the first three weeks upon the isle of the arbor, where her home seemed more like home than ever, would fly by before departing for goldengrove’s festivities for the final few days. there was something regarding these nights that made her wish to devote herself to something more than prayer, but better practice: in the mind, and in body. 

it was during these days and nights that lucrezia redwyne felt the most at ease and confident in her own skin, with a clear purpose of what she wished to have achieved by the end of the holy month. and as she drank water now, quenching the thirst and the headache that had flared at the very back of her head, she was grateful. for the chance to reflect, to repent, and to embraced by their mercy. 

“does it not feel las though these halls feel more like home than ever before?” she asked across the table, reaching forward as she peeled at the pomegranate, her tone able to be heard over the sound of the strumming.

how peculiar was it, that the month always seemed to come when one’s soul needed it most; following the years of tension within the fertile rolling hills of the reach, there was nothing like the feeling of peace and serenity that came with wishing to find the goodness in humanity. there was no idealism behind her thoughts; it was clear to see how much they wished to help one another by the mass influx of giving to alms and charitable donations. and now, as the houses of the old way and the rhoynish reachmen sat within the very heart of the realm they no doubt helped secure and consolidate, there seemed to be elements from home. 

the lanterns were of those one would find within the bustling lanes and villages within goldengrove, old oak or the arbor, the smell of incense burning, the decorations etched with their old scripture. the sounds of their music, deep and meaningful from lutes, flutes and piano alike. 

the ironborn were gone, the war was won, and now it truly felt as though they would never be forced to flee from another home ever again. that night, during their communal prayers, she would pray for the souls of those lost against the valyrian freehold in the wars that sent her people to flee. she would pray for the souls of those who did not make it to see the paradise the gods had bestowed upon them. the souls of lord mustafa chester, his family, and their smallfolk. the lost souls of the osgreys. she would pray for mathis rowan, and pray his soul had finally found a sense of ease to be able to rest. 

“allaha şükür kötü günler geride kaldı.“ 

the souls of lord arlo redwyne, lady maria redwyne and the lord of the arbor, adnan redwyne. she remembered now more than ever before, how lucky she was to see another layat-al-ikhlas. the bards began to play one of her favourite tunes on the lute, and her hazel hues flickered behind her shoulders. the lady of the arbor was the happiest she had been in months.