Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Memories Teased

I'm reading Victoria Houston's series set in Loon Lake, Wisconsin.
Dead Angler book cover
http://www.victoriahouston.com

A very enjoyable cozy (although it has neither quilts nor cats). it had me pleasantly drifting toward sleep when .....wham!  one simple word sparked so many warm memories of a grandmother with a German heritage.

dumhof!

It's German for "stupid" -- never used to describe another, but rather in the "I am/was a dumhof" when I did that.

oh, compensating for the lack of cats & quilts, one of the main characters is a female Chief of Police.