All Blog Posts Tagged 'pennsylvania' (3)

I saw the post below (at the bottom of this commentary) on the Facebook status update of a friend.

There are many truths inside this status. There are quite a few folks, many of whom I know personally, who are one missing paycheck away from losing their homes or cars, etc. These kinds of difficulties have many origins, including the current economy. Many aspects of these problems are beyond our immediate or even long-term control, and there are many people who need a hand up (not so…

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"The Burning of the Butzemann." 

 

The Butzemann is constructed at Grundsaudaag (Groundhog Day) out of selected and preserved remnants of last year's harvest and the lingering spirits of those remnants are then activated (along with the  physical material and the clothing to house them) through a ritual that Urglaawe inherited from Braucherei. He is given a name, which includes the patronymic and surname of his lineage, which is tracked from generation to generation. He then…

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Tuesday is the 326th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers to North America, coming in from Krefeld on the Concord.



One of (if not THE) most important individuals in the migration process was Franz Daniel Pastorius. We visited Germantown this weekend for some events that were going on in observance of the migration.



There is a large statue to Pastorius in Vernon Park. It is a beautiful statue, but I have to say that its condition is tragic. It has begun… Continue