Category Archives: Churches and religion

Wood, Water, Stone

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

With Halloween almost upon us, Joe and I set out into the woods this weekend to hunt for remnants of Celtic Germany. Southwest of Kindsbach, we found the Heidenfelsen (Pagan Rocks): two enormous boulders carved with cryptic figures that rest … Continue reading →

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Art from life

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

I took this photo from my hotel balcony last weekend on the evening of our arrival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We stayed at Hotel Schatten on the Partenkirchen side, and I heartily recommend it. The church you see is Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, … Continue reading →

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My Last Garden, continued

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Joe and I found the example graves at the Koblenz National Garden Show completely fascinating. They were so unlike anything we’d seen. Some were as elaborate and elegant as a Japanese flower arrangement. Others were just downright different. Joe’s favorite … Continue reading →

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My Last Garden

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Graves. Headstones. Birth and death dates. Are we in a cemetery? No, we’re back at the Koblenz National Garden Show, where the program assures us, “a romantic woodland glade is the perfect setting for cemetery landscapers and stonemasons to demonstrate … Continue reading →

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A Circular Reference in Stone

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Around the corner from the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz is a church that has stood, more or less (in spite of being renovated, bombed, and shot at) for the last twelve hundred years. This is the beautiful Kastorkirche, the Basilica … Continue reading →

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