Prost!

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Ginny O'Donnell

Tomorrow, I’m off to Frankfurt, Germany, for die Frankfurter Buchmesse. In honor of my trip, I’d like to remind you of this guy: “Strool Peter.”

I now know how to correctly pronounce his name, which sounds more like “dur stroovelpaytah,” thanks to a) growing up, and b) going to Germany a buncha times. The author, Heinrich Hoffmann, was from Frankfurt; the (der) Struwwelpeter museum is there, and it is wunderbar.

Somewhere in my childhood, there was an English version of this deliciously horrifying children’s book, and I adored reading the stories of doomed little children who shouldn’t be playing with fire or cats and should be all-around neater and nicer.

And did I just have my hair cut and colored? And nails shaped and polished? Ja!

Danke, Herr Hoffmann.

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About Ginny O'Donnell

After reading a really nice obituary a few years ago, I considered what they'll write about me. "She worked all day, then went home and made supper." Except now, my husband has retired, so he makes the supper. Hm. I sound kinda lazy, but I'm always busy. You'll see. Part 2: I like my original About Me, so I'm keeping it intact. But now I, too, am footloose. Let's see what happens next, shall we? Part 3: Just to keep everything in perspective, I'm keeping parts 1 and 2 intact. Now, I am actively and happily NOT so footloose, doing my thing over at Cottage Door Press. And with it being off its training wheels, I will pick up my ginnygram pen again. Love!

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  1. Maripat's avatar Maripat | October 9, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    Are you sure that’s not me at my Def Leppard concert in 1988??

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  2. emilyshead's avatar emilyshead | October 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    Have a great trip! As a child, I also adored stories that today would be considered to be about abusing little children.

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  3. Chris F's avatar Chris F | October 11, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Bob never learned the traditional fairy tales. But Der Struwwelpeter? He is well acquainted with him. I wonder why he doesn’t like to read…

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  4. vicki379's avatar vicki379 | October 15, 2012 at 9:41 am

    Great to see you ! And look forward to when your making purses out of new material ;) always here if you need us, take care and hope you had a great journey home x

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