Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Finding an affectionate English expression for an old woman to translate a bit of German word play

“Bright pools of electric glare” outside a cinema in John Dos Passos’s “Manhattan Transfer” (1925)

Thomas Hardy’s references to painters in “Far From the Madding Crowd” (1874)

The two Presidents of the United States whose previous highest office was being in the House of Representatives: Garfield and Lincoln?

Taylor Swift in Zurich, 9 July 2024

How I memorized the setlists during concerts by The Grateful Dead