You haunt my dreams, you haunt these pages, and the places where I once was, and the ones I haven't seen yet, indispensable, sometime smiling, sometime not, as if you wanted me to know when I keep to the path of truthfulness, and when I don't. In a crowd you always find me, and, … Continue reading You #IWD2017
Love
Unfinished #DailyPost
We have got so far, much is still to be done. We have to go further, down the quiet streets, and the wide avenues, through the small parks, along the canals... There, somewhere, we'll find ourselves, the meaning of us, the ultimate ecstasy. Till then, it's unfinished business, work in progress, the novel unfinished. Till … Continue reading Unfinished #DailyPost
Dilemma #DailyPost
So, this is the deal: you stay, and then, here is your place, or you go, and good luck to you. But, you insist, the deal is reversible: if you want me, you have to convince me to stay, or I go. And so, we go on, late into the night, do you want … Continue reading Dilemma #DailyPost
Berlin, Stadt der Frauen #stadtderfrauen
Until 28 August the Stadt Museum exhibition, "Stadt der Frauen", offers in sound and pictures twenty biographies of talented, heroic, sometimes outrageous, human beings, who lived in Berlin, all women. As is the case almost everywhere in the world, it is mostly men who have written Berlin’s history. In politics, culture and architecture, they have … Continue reading Berlin, Stadt der Frauen #stadtderfrauen
Liminal #writephoto
We love the valley, the grey rocks arising from the ancient land, and the forest. Here they lived, a life of danger, of icy winters, of suffocating summers, but also of intimacy and joy. Where did they come from, and where did they go? We shall never know, their tradition was oral, only their dwellings … Continue reading Liminal #writephoto
The City knows #WritersWednesday
She never forgets: the humble swamps of the beginnings, the far away sounds of war, the medieval cruelties, the triumphs, the parades, the Enemy at the gates... Then there was the long war - thirty years of destruction, rape, pestilence and ruins. Out of this came a stronger state, and she was the capital. … Continue reading The City knows #WritersWednesday
Guest #TheDailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. I cannot recall when you came. Probably long ago. Probably in one of those moments of sadness, of pain, perhaps of love. You stayed. You shaped my thoughts, my feelings. Nothing has been the same since. "The same"? Do I mean, before I knew? … Continue reading Guest #TheDailyPost
Island #TheDailyPost #BerlinDiary, July 3
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. We are ready, almost. A lot to pack, a lot still to plan. Will it be Wedding, or Schöneberg, or Tempelhof? The search will continue for the next few months. But now we have a foothold! So, soon, we will be leaving this little … Continue reading Island #TheDailyPost #BerlinDiary, July 3
Water #TheDailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. From the Wassertor, the watergate, we walked slowly, hand in hand, along the bank of the old canal, and reached the Engelbecken, the angels's lake. You looked at the sky, then at me: I understood, no need for word. Sunlight vibrated through the little fountains, antic roses shone on … Continue reading Water #TheDailyPost
Voyage #TheDailyPost
Not sure how to participate? The deed is done, my dear, so there is nothing to hold us back: we shall return to the City, among the youth, and the ghosts, and the walls full of memories. We will walk along the canal, remembering Rosa, and the heroes of the revolution, we will walk along … Continue reading Voyage #TheDailyPost
Of Glass & Paper 