Burkhard Schafer @burkhardschafer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025I remember an evening email with my parents and brothers, some day in the late 70s. Among the usual chatter, my mother's face suddenly went vacant, and she stared silently at the wall. My father asked if everything was all right.... 120
Burkhard Schafer @burkhardschafer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025she said, voice shaking: I think I just understood my PhD! (she had passed her Viva 14 years ago...) We never found out how pickled gherkins on rye bread had triggered that epiphany 110
