#berlin ma

[yz]

Canada geese and goslings. Horseshoe Pond, Mount Pisgah, Berlin, MA. May 2024.

Shot with Panasonic G85 and 12-60mm kit lens.

[byl4biu]

IG update

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[samuraixsliced]

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Christmas preparations. Man cycling with a Christmas tree on his bicycle (Berlin) - undated, probably 1900 (Photo by Haeckel Brothers) | src Getty Images

Sale of Christmas trees in Berlin - around 1907 (Photo: Haeckel collection - Ullstein Bild) | src Getty Images

[alexalblondo]

Love how Formula E always puts out a first calendar that only has one Berlin race and then casually slips in another one as soon as most drivers have signed on so they can play groundhog day again like sorry to the 2019/20 grid but FE loves that track more than their sanity

[bryonyashley]

Babylon Berlin S4 ...what the hell was that?

Charlotte and Gereon... they switched in 5 minutes from her hating him to being super in love and shagging like minks.  And Charlotte pulling pistols out at The White Hand place and shooting people like in one of those American B-movies? And Edgar...really? REALLY? Too many subplots and tons of things left unexplained IMO.

I absolutely loved S1 and S2,  S3 was a bit of a disappointment but S4....I'm going to pretend that never happened.

Something  a la Bobby Ewing shower scene but with Charlotte suddenly waking up from sleep and seeing Gereon standing up at the end of the bed with a towel around his waist. "Gereon..?"

And him with a shocked face saying " I've made a very strange dream..."

[paul-archibald]

Sicily

https://on.soundcloud.com/zsEoRr2fHVyXaunn7 Sicily is the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It has a picturesque coastline and historic towns, and offers beaches, mountains, active volcanoes, and even skiing in winter. It produces wine, almonds, pistachios, olives, citrus, and seafood but also has a rich culture in arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. In…

[sarahtheflutist]

Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56

I. Allegro

Performed by:

Anne Sophie Mutter

Mark Zeltser

Yo-Yo Ma

Berliner Philharmoniker witht Herbert von Karajan

[newleasemusic]

Listen To Skyline Sun & Mío Ma Enchanting Alt-Soul EP, 'Hibernation'

Listen To Skyline Sun & Mío Ma Enchanting Alt-Soul EP, 'Hibernation'

Acclaimed producer SKYLINE SUN and captivating singer MÍO MA bring together their unique talents to create a mesmerizing release that explores the cycles within society, balancing introspection and vivaciousness through their new EP entitled ‘Hibernation.’ Drawing inspiration from the ebb and flow of life’s rhythms, ‘Hibernation’ delves deep into the multifaceted nature of existence. The EP…

[infoterrygrayson]

Things to Look for When Looking for a Home for Sale

This list can assist you in starting your search for a home if you're thinking about doing so. Before you make an offer and relocate, there are other things to consider, even though the number of rooms, the state of the kitchen, and the size of the yard are significant. 

What to check for while looking for homes for sale in Berlin, MA is listed below. Stay here to learn more. 

Location

They say the most crucial consideration when looking for homes for sale in Berlin, MA is location. Nearly everything else can be modified, but the location of your house cannot. So when you're looking for a home, think about how close it is to your workplace, how the property is positioned on the lot, accessibility, neighbor noise levels, and traffic. Consider the accessibility of nearby parks, stores, schools, and public transportation.

2.The Site

Beyond location, consider the home's site. Does the house have a view, a walkout basement, or a lot of steps to climb if it is on a hill? Are the windows of the neighbors able to see inside the house? Can children, animals, or other people use the yard? Can they garden there? Is approaching the property via the driveway or front door stairs safe?

Consider how your accessibility requirements can alter as you age if you intend to stay in the house for a long time.

3.The Neighborhood

Make sure that the area matches your needs, not just the house. Drive around a neighborhood throughout the day and at night on weekdays and weekends to learn about it. Do houses in the area vary in size and amenities? Do the neighbors maintain neat and tidy yards, or are there old vehicles and trash all around? Can people cycle, run, or walk about the neighborhood without fear? If you think it's important, discover if the neighborhood is kid- or pet-friendly.

4.The Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Determine the number of bedrooms and bathrooms you require, then only look at homes for sale in Berlin, MA, that fit your requirements. Falling in love with a small but quaint cottage would be unfortunate. Don't automatically think you can later add extra space. Speak with a real estate expert who can guide land utilization, space layout, and local regulation. 

Consider who is already residing in your home and potential future residents. Consider the possibility of having children, relocating family, or finding roommates when calculating the number of bedrooms and bathrooms you'll need.

5.The Kitchen

Don't settle for a kitchen you don't enjoy if it's the center of your house. Remodeling a kitchen can be expensive and time-consuming. Yes, many people prefer to modify their homes to achieve their goals. However, if the house already exceeds your budget, you could wait a long time for your ideal kitchen and make up for a subpar one. 

Conclusion

Buying homes for sale in Berlin, MA is a significant investment, and carefully considering these factors will help you find a property that meets your needs and lifestyle. Take your time, conduct thorough research, and seek professional advice.

Visit Grayson Group Realty if you are looking for homes for sale in Berlin, MA.

[yz]

Horseshoe Pond, Mount Pisgah, Berlin, MA.

Spring 2024.

HDR with Luminar Neo. Shot with Panasonic G85 and 12-60mm kit lens.

[girlactionfigure]

THURSDAY HERO: Mildred Harnack

Mildred “Mili” Harnack was a writer and academic from Wisconsin who moved to Berlin with her German husband in 1930. As Hitler rose to power, Mili created the largest resistance group in Nazi Germany and was targeted for execution by the Fuhrer himself.

Mili was born Mildred Fish in Milwaukee in 1902. Her father William was a teacher, and her mother Georgina was an activist for women’s suffrage. Mili had a natural facility with languages, and was fluent in German by the time she reached adulthood. Throughout her life, Mili loved German literature and culture. She attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she majored in English literature. Mili lived in a rooming house popular with writers, and worked as a film and drama critic for a local newspaper.

After receiving her BA, Mili went on to earn an MA in English in 1925. The next year she moved back to Milwaukee and worked as a lecturer at the Milwaukee State Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.) She met Arvid Harnack, a German economist and lawyer who was studying at the university on a Rockefeller fellowship. Arvid was from a prominent family of German intellectuals. After a whirlwind love affair, they were married in August 1926 at her brother’s farm. Arvid’s fellowship ended and he returned to Germany, followed by Mili the year later, after she completed a teaching session at Goucher College in Baltimore.

In Germany, Mili worked on her doctoral thesis and lectured at universities in German cities Jena and Giessen. The country was plunging deeper into political turmoil, and the Nazi party was rising to power amid the chaos. More than half of Mili’s students were outspoken Nazis. She moved to Berlin in 1930 to be with her husband, and began working as an assistant lecturer in English and American literature at the University of Berlin. Mili lectured about her favorite English and American writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy and George Bernard Shaw. She was so popular with students that in just a year and a half, enrollment in the class tripled.

Mili connected with other American expatriates in Berlin and formed a literary salon where anti-Nazi academics and intellectuals could express themselves freely. By 1934, the Nazi secret police were everywhere and the salon was disbanded. Fellow ex-pat Martha Dodd, a close friend of Mili’s, later described her Berlin salon as “the last of the meager remnants of free thought.” Many of those who had participated in the salons continued to meet in the Harnacks’ living room but instead of discussing literature, they planned anti-Nazi political activism

Meanwhile, Mili achieved renown as a writer. She published essays in prominent German literary journals until the mid-30’s, when magazines started to print only “approved opinions” (in support of Hitler). She was able to continue working as a translator, and her German-language translation of Irving Stone’s biography of Vincent van Gogh, Lust for Life, was published in 1936.

Mili returned to the U.S. on a book tour in 1937, and her old friends were shocked at the drastic change in her personality. Earlier she had been friendly and easy-going, but four years living under Nazi rule made Mili anxious, stiff and guarded. She’d had to wear a metaphorical mask to survive in the totalitarian German state, and couldn’t shed the mask even when she left Europe. Mili’s family urged her to stay in the U.S. but she was determined to return to her husband and her political activism group, now called “The Circle.”

Mili’s unassuming manner combined with an extremely sharp intellect enabled her to penetrate the highest circles of German politics and diplomacy. She used these connections to get exit and travel visas for Jewish friends and colleagues, among them prominent publisher Max Tau. Mili also surreptitiously gleaned information from highly placed contacts, which she transmitted to fellow members of the resistance.

Mildred was fired from her teaching job at the University of Berlin because of her political beliefs, and she began teaching at night school, where her students were mostly working class or unemployed. She recruited many of them to join The Circle. The group published anti-Nazi leaflets, written by Mildred, and secretly left stacks of them in public places throughout the city.

German intelligence called them “the Red Orchestra” and falsely smeared them as communists working for the Soviets. Undeterred, the group increased their activities and cooperated with other resistance units. Around this time Mili wrote, “I saw it clearly before my eyes. From then on our work not only implies the risk of losing our freedom, from now on death was a possibility.” Led by Mili, The Circle became the largest resistance group in Nazi Germany. They incited civil disobedience against the Nazi regime, documented Nazi atrocities, and transmitted military intelligence to the Allies.

In the summer of 1942, the Nazis intercepted radio transmissions that revealed the identity of prominent resistance fighters including the Harnacks. On September 7, Mili and Arvid were arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned. Arvid was tried by the Reich Military Tribunal and sentenced to death on December 19. He was hanged three days later at Plotzensee Prison.

Mili languished in a squalid prison cell for months, where she was tortured and contracted tuberculosis. She went on trial and was sentenced to six years in prison. However, Hitler heard about the American woman who fought so effectively against his regime, and he ordered a new trial for Mili. The kangaroo court delivered a pre-determined death sentence, and at Hitler’s explicit request Mili was beheaded by guillotine on February 16, 1943. Her last words were, “And I have loved Germany so much!” After her execution, Mili’s body was given to an anatomy professor at Humboldt University to dissect for research. After he finished, he gave the rest of her remains to a friend of hers, who had Mili buried in Zehlendorf Cemetery in Berlin.

The only writing that survived from her time in prison were a few translated lines from Goethe: “In all the frequent troubles of our days/A God gave compensation – more his praise/In looking sky-and heavenward as duty/In sunshine and in virtue and in beauty.”

Mildred’s brave actions and tragic death have not been forgotten. In Berlin, a street and a school are named for her, and in her native Wisconsin schools observe Mildred Fish Harnack Day. The University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts an annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human RIghts and Democracy Lecture, and a sculpture of Mili was unveiled in Madison in 2019.

For fighting Hitler at the cost of her own life, we honor Mildred Harnack as this week’s Thursday Hero.

Image: Gestapo mug shots of Mildred taken after her arrest in 1942.

[writingbyshiloh]

Stress Relief

Berlin x Reader

CW: SMUT MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS BACK OFF!!!!, Fingering, biting, kissing, swearing, sex during a heist but in an office room.

AN: remember when he tries to find the phone on Monica because phew/// thank you to @soraya-daydreams for the Spanish help <3. No beta and I did my editing half asleep

WC: 0.9k (mostly PWP)

The professor probably didn't have easy access in mind when buying the red jumpsuits but you’re not complaining.

Especially not when Berlin has your back pressed to the wall and his hands in your panties. His fingers slowly rub between your thighs, spreading any wetness that collected. He moves his hand up, resting two fingers on your clit, softly rubbing back and forth. His touch feels so good, soft and wet but you know it’s not enough to make you cum.

You press your upper back to the wall, and tilt your hips to his hand, slowly grinding to increase the friction as heat pools below your stomach.

“What’s making you this passionate, mi amor?” He asks, slowing his movements until they stop. You know if you answer he’ll keep going, but can’t help but whine at the loss. All you can think about is how good he’s going to make you feel, how handsome he is like this, your last night in Toledo.

“You.” You say, voice shaky. Berlin’s lips pull into a half smile, pleased with how eager you are for him. He pulls your underwear to the side to allow him better access to where you need him the most. “What about me, hmm?”

“The holsters, they ma-make your shoulders -!” You cut yourself off with a moan as he slides two fingers inside your aching core. Berlin pulls his fingers out before thrusting them inside again. You can’t help but squeeze around them enjoying the full feeling and the stretch.

“The shoulder holsters?” He asks, voice helping to cover up the wet squelching noise. Berlin curls his fingers, rubbing your G-spot on his first try. Your hips are now moving by themselves, trying to make sure your pussy is as full as possible.

“They make your, ah, your shoulders broader and um -“Your voice sounds flustered to your ears but you can see how he loves being able to make you so aroused with only his hand. “- the w-way you take charge with, ah, the hostages. It’s hot. So hot!” you finished, the sentence being punctured by your moans and gasps.

He nods satisfied with the ego boost you gave him. He pulls his fingers out to spread your slick on your clit while you clench around nothing.

“Berlin, please. I need you inside me.” You beg, rocking your hips even faster.

“How could I deny you, mi amor?” Berlin gives you a quick kiss to your mouth to reassure you.

He brings his fingers back to your pussy, pushing in slowly. The addition of a third finger makes you clench even harder. The stretch has you pressing your lips together to muffle any sounds as you feel the start of an orgasm build. Berlin brings his thumb to your slick-covered clit to rub small circles.

You’re a mess, lost in chasing your high that you can’t even kiss Berlin back properly. You try but his fingers and thumb just feel too good while you grind your hips down. The first attempt at a kiss, while a bit sloppy was good, your tongue sweeping into his mouth and curling around his.

It’s when he changes his tactic, rubbing fast circles on your clit instead of teasing you, you lose your focus. You pull your face back slightly, leaving enough room so he can hear your quiet moans and whimpers.

“Fuck” you gasp into his mouth “I’m so close, I need to cum.” Your hips desperately hump his hand trying to get every bit of content you can.

You tip your head back, it almost hitting the wall behind you, except for Berlin placing his free hand as a barrier between the wall and your hair. He takes advantage of how exposed your neck is, placing sloppy open-mouth kisses and bites at random.

The feel of his teeth scraping the column of your throat is all that is needed to let your orgasm wash over you. You cum while chanting his name over and over, the two syllables repeating and falling out of your mouth. Berlin is sweet to you, slowing down his rhythm to let you ride out the aftershock without pushing you into being overstimulated.

“Mi amor, did it feel good? Are you less stressed?” He asks, gently kissing the small bite he left. You nod and give him a lust-drunk smile. He kisses you on your cheek and then your lips to distract you from the empty feeling as he pulls out his fingers.

You’re used to seeing him lick his fingers after eating fruit, but you’re not prepared to see him lick his fingers so causally while they’re still shiny from being inside you. He sees you staring and tosses you a wink.

You feel arousal start to pool again as if you didn’t cum on his hand. Shrugging up your jumpsuit, you saunter over to the desk in the room, the one where you left your weapon.

Exaggerating the bend at your hips to get it, you push your ass out and your front half lower. Your plan works when you feel a hard erection against your ass and see one of his palms caging you in. You glance at his watch and confirm to yourself you will still have a few hours before the check-in call, plenty of time to repay him.

[crazy-so-na-sega]

incompletezza ontologica del pluralismo dei valori

Nel vasto mondo della differenza, i valori sono più d'uno, d'accordo. Ma potremmo chiederci: quanti sono? Sono infiniti? No, è la risposta di Berlin. C'è un vincolo cui devono sottostare la varietà e la molteplicità dei valori. E' un vincolo espresso dalla richiesta di mutua intelligibilità. Le forme di vita variano tra loro. I fini, i principi morali sono molti. Molti, ma non innumerevoli, perché devono restare entro l'orizzonte umano. Deve trattarsi di valori che, per quanto differenti e a volte abissalmente differenti dai nostri, devono poter essere riconosciuti almeno come valori umani. Un'idea di questo genere definisce l'incompletezza di qualcosa rispetto a una gamma più estesa di possibilità alternative concepibili, e tuttavia escluse da vincoli di differente genere. Così, i confini di Babele potrebbero funzionare da promemoria di un'idea di incompletezza che genera vincoli. Incompletezza intrinsecamente vincolante, viene da dire, che definisce i limiti delle variazioni di qualcosa. (del relativismo ideologico-culturale n.d.r.)

-Salvatore Veca (L'idea di incompletezza)

[mybeingthere]

Tzu Ting Wang, b. 1987 in Taiwan

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany / Taipei, Taiwan

2011 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK

2007-2009 Fine Art, Taipei national university of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

http://www.jamieswang.com/