This article by Nancy Goebel first appeared in Texas Highways in February 1985. The unincorporated little village of Serbin, nestled amid wooded environs along a winding farm-to-market road east of Austin, rarely appears on highway maps. So travelers whisk by, unaware that they’re passing through a unique ethnic region of Texas. Serbin is the heartland […]
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This article by Marguerite Johnston first appeared in the Houston Chronicle on Friday, 31 October 1966. Note: John Kilian’s grandson did not succeed him as pastor. Gerhard became the teacher. The road climbs and dips through pine woods from LaGrange toward Giddings, and the French mulberry bushes were royal purple in the sunshine. We paused in Warda
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The Sorbian Hymn by Dr. Gerald Stone first appeared in 1993 in Perspektiven sorbischer Literatur (ed. W. Koschmal), 79-95. Cologne-Weimar-Vienna: Böhlau. THE SORBIAN HYMN 1 A belief in the importance of secularization in literary history has caused the Sorbian hymn to receive less attention than it deserves, even though
None of the following is in the Bodleian catalogue: 1. Duchomny wopor Wjernych Kschesczijanow, aby Kyrlischowe Knihi (Budyšin, 1734). 2. (bound under same cover as 1.) To nutyrne Dzjecżo Boże… wot Jana Böhmerja (Budyšin, 1733)=Das andächtige Kind Gottes (bilingual edition). 3. Sserske Spiwarske Knigly… Nowy pschegledany a poreżeny Hudawk (Grodk=Spremberg, 1881). 4. Benjamina Schmolki ton
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Books 1971: Lexical changes in the Upper Sorbian literary language during and following the national awakening (=Lětopis Instituta za serbski ludospyt 18/1). Bautzen/Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina 1972: The smallest Slavonic nation: the Sorbs of Lusatia. London: Athlone Press 1995: (ed.) Kěrluše (=Serbska poezija 37), Bautzen/Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina 1996: (ed.) Kjarliže (Serbska poezija 39), Bautzen/Budyšin:
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Just in time, I finished my second work of art for our Silent Auction on 10 Sep 2017. This one is titled, “Hurricane Harvey as Seen by Doppler Radar,” and it is made entirely from scraps of cloth (ugh, what a job!) on plywood. ]]>
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My latest creation of Wood Art, titled “Harvey Rescue Boot” will be up for Silent Auction Sunday, Sept. 10, at our annual Church Fundraiser in Wallis, Texas. Hours are from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Columbus Club (KC Hall). Silent Auction money to go to Lutheran Disaster Aid and Lutheran World Relief. It
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