This past Wednesday 28.9.2022 I received a letter that said “Residence Permit for Self-Employment” is granted and ready to collect. Exactly on the day when my visa get expired, not early or late, exceptionally on time. Anyway, the earliest possible appointment to get the Residence Permit Card is on 9th of November. I cannot leave …
“He (Salman Rushdie) sent us a text about love and art.” Case ScaglioneChief Conductor of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn David Philip Hefti’s Rhapsody for baritone and orchestra with a text by Sir Salman Rushdie is a music composition (25 minutes) commissioned by Wüttermbergische Kammerorchestra (WKO) Heilbronn. On 21.9.2022 was the world premiere in Harmonie Heilbronn …
The dark clouds looked threatening when we stepped out the house. Soon, it started to drizzle. “Shall we turn back?” my friend asked.“But the other side is sunny. Let’s just walk, if the weather turn bad we can run home. ” I replied. As rewards, we saw rainbow and the rains have ceased. I just …
“Service in life, hope in death. All who follow the queen’s example and inspiration of trust and faith in God can with her say: ‘We will meet again.’”The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby She was a queen, but nowhere in her funeral is glorifying her great deeds. The Bible text, the hymn so well chosen …
When I have to play organ at short notice, I always can play the organ chorale prelude by J.S. Bach, an organ arrangement of the hymn “Who only lets dear God rule” (Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten) BWV 690. This piece is without pedal (Manualiter), so that I can play on almost every …
“I think it’s very important for artists to be open to contemporary music, because that’s how we can build music history. If we don’t do that, there would not have been Beethoven or Mozart. We have our time and we have to find our music, music that we hope will be sustainable, not just now …
I like the idea of take-away office. It’s not that I do this on purpose. For a variety of factors, sometimes it is just necessary. Home office is still very comfortable, I do not have to carry all the cables and electronic devices with me. I can make coffee and tea for me without considering …
My post in July was talking about my 3rd month of self-employed situation. This post is a follow up post. “Into the 3rd month of self-employed, at least for July and August I have enough work to cover the basic living cost.”Into the 5th month of self-employed and looking back what I’ve written here, and …
Visiting Rome for the second time. This time no Spanish Steps, nor Love Fountain, nor Vatican City, nor Colosseum but I keep thinking of the friends that once walked in Rome with me. At the same time, it is very nice that I made new friends from different corners of the world, there are more …
I am sending you lots of love from this ancient city. I am not sure if Banksy visited this city, but the girl with the balloon is originally his creation. The ice cream oh so delicious. Blackberry flavour! I met Elijah in the cathedral. See how the raven sent him food? Fresco (church wall paintings) …