Blogging Anniversary - 10 years

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A while ago I checked when I did my first blog post, in order to celebrate with an anniversary post. Well, that day came and went without any reaction from me. Better late than never, so here a reminder of my very first blog post from 24 October 2012.  The book was New Finnish Grammar  by Diego Marani. Marani is an Italian novelist, translator and newspaper columnist. While working as a translator for the European Union he invented a language ‘Europanto’ which is a mixture of languages and based on the common practice of word-borrowing usage of many EU languages. It was a suitable book to start with, being a book about letters, languages and memories. With a beautiful prose, the novel went directly to my heart.  "One night at Trieste in September 1943 a seriously wounded soldier is found on the quay. The doctor, of a newly arrived German hospital ship, Pietri Friari gives the unconscious soldier medical assistance. His new patient has no documents or anything that can ide...
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Bookmark Monday

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 Long time since I posted a bookmark here. Probably due to Corona, since travelling has been scarce. However, now I have made a short trip to Austria and Delft. You will find, in the coming days, two posts about these trips on The Content Reader Goes Outdoors. The meme is hosted by Guiltless Reading although I think Aloi is mostly posting this meme on her twitter/instragram accounts with the same name. 


In Delft, we visited churches and museums and I managed to find a bookmark of Girl With a Pearl Earring, one of the most popular paintings of Delft's famous son Johannes Vermeer. For my magnet collection on the fridge I bought another four motives by him; View of Delft, Little Street, Art of Painting, and Girl With a Pearl Earring. 

In the Vermeer centre, I found two books which I am looking forward to reading. They are Vermeer's Little Street by Franz Gruzenhout. Not much is known about the exact location of the painting, so it reads like a mystery. The other book is A View of Delft, Vermeer then and now by Anthony Bailey. "Vermeer has always been considered the most elusive of great artists, but his book tracks him down in his home town." Looking forward to reading these two books about the beautiful and historically interesting town of Delft.

More about Vermeer and what else to see in Delft on my post coming up on Wednesday (see above).


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  1. Jeanie15 September 2020 at 19:20

    Oh Lisbeth, I'm a little envious of your Delft trip. While I've always been somewhat interested in Austria, Delft and Vermeer bring back wonderful memories. I loved the Vermeer Centre -- I found it fascinating and need to review my posts about that from 2012 -- too long! Those books both sound wonderful. And I love the Girl with the Pearl Earring painting so very much. I hope you have stayed well.

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    1. Lisbeth 21 September 2020 at 14:26

      Yes, it is a magic city. I will try to find your post from there. Always interesting to compare notes. I am looking forward reading the two books. They will have to wait since I am quite busy with some books to review for a magazine and one for a new on-line book club.

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  2. Marianne 24 September 2020 at 09:11

    Oooooh, I love everything about this post. Delft is one of my favourite Dutch cities, we read Girl with a Pearl Earring in our book club, and I love Vermeer's paintings.

    Looking forward to your post about Delft. I'm sure it will be a great time of reminiscing for me.

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    1. Lisbeth 24 September 2020 at 14:08

      I am happy you love Delft too. What is there not to love? I have written the post on Delft and you will find it here: https://thecontentreadergoesoutdoors.blogspot.com/2020/09/delft-magic-city.html

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    2. Marianne 25 September 2020 at 17:03

      Fantastic. Yes, I started following you there, as well, yesterday but didn't look over the blog at the moment. I'll have a look.

      Have a good weekend.

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