On a blogpost in November last year, I’ve written:I do not know what exactly has begun or what has come to an end in order to create space for a new beginning, but it is certainly a new beginning with hope.https://thejourney-writing.com/2022/11/a-new-beginning-where-it-all-began.html It was on 29.11.2022, the 1st Advent. Today, when I am organising my pictures, …
Between the years, I am reading the book The Journey to the River Sea. I am now at chapter two, and I am almost highlighting every sentence in the book. Some of them are really good messages, they come to me on time before new year. Maia, an orphan, Londoner, must travel to Amazon River …
Tonight is the longest night of the year. What a perfect timing that the light bulb arrived today, so that I can have enough light! A book that inspired me afresh every time I read it is The Little Donkey/ Ein Esel geht nach Bethlehem by Gerda Marie Scheidl, Bernadette Watts. Its central thinking is …
If Harvey wakes up on Christmas morning and doesn’t see his Christmas present, he might be wondering why. I guess the good boy Harvey will of course understand that Father Christmas can be forgetful, the reindeers could be exhausted and not feeling well. And many reasonable reasons why the present is not in the stocking. …
My Advent calendar just told me the most beautiful love story in the world. This morning, my faith in love has been restored. The story is … My hikes through the Bergisch have become shorter, but more enjoyable. I love the high-altitude paths with their benches at the edge of the forest, from which you …
So you have become my home? Not yet, because the residence permit have still got an expiration date. I am so relieved to get rid of the ambiguous status, at least for the next 10 months. If compare to the 3 months extension, 10 months is luxurious long. Thanks God for His guidance. Smart and …
Sunset at 5 PM, it’s getting cold, fallen leaves at sidewalk, the trees are almost bare. I can hear the footsteps of winter drawing near. Still, now is far too early to talk of winter, says the flowers. Viburnum farreri (Duftschneeball) has just started its flowering season. Garden cosmos flower languages are persistent happiness, order, …
Title: You Call That Brave? (EN) Mutig, Mutig (DE)Author: Lorenz Pauli and Kathrin Schärer(A book borrowed from a friend.) A mouse, a frog, a snail, and a sparrow decide to find out who is the bravest among them. To prove his bravery, the mouse wanted to swim a long distance without coming out from the …
The poems collected here were written by a urbanite for urbanites. He tried to reflect. Because one can lose contemplation, but one must find it again.Die hier gesammelten Gedichte schrieb ein Großstädter für Großstädter. Er versuchte sich zu besinnen. Denn man kann die Besinnung verlieren, aber man muss sie wiederfinden. Preface – The 13 MonthsVorwort …
This little fallen leaf that I met in Cologne was carrying a song. A song that I once heard in a beautiful concert in Cologne and the season in the song is autumn. To be precise, it is an autumn dawn, the protagonist is feeling lonely, even lonelier than last year. Suddenly, a leaf has …