轂交蹄劘，人来人往，爱常驻。Busy railway, people come and go, love remains.Vielbefahrene Zugstrecke, Menschen kommen und gehen, die Liebe bleibt. 15.10.2022 Cologne PS Donate a cup of coffee? 😉 https://ko-fi.com/thejourneywriter
Today, I start reading “Water Music” by T.C. Boyle. A fiction between 1795 and 1805, about the adventure of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park. The review written by Salman Rushdie about this book is very interesting: “It is a book in the worst possible taste, serves no useful purpose … Its title will make Handel …
Could I complain? Could I be apprehensive?Could I lose faith in you and in myself?No, I already bear your heavenhere within my heart. Im Abendrot (1825) D799Lappe/ Schubert I do not have many words to type for this post. In front of this gorgeous sunset and this splendid song, everything looks dull, including the words. …
The apple of someone’s eye. The person who someone loves most and is very proud of. From: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Wie seinen Augapfel hüten. ⟨jmd. Hütet etw., jmdn. Wie seinen Augapfel⟩ meist bezogen auf etwas besonders Kostbares, Wertvolles mit großer Sorgfalt, Achtsamkeit behandeln, behüten, bewachen, um Schaden oder v erlust zu verhindern. Aus: https://www.dwds.de/ Before the apple …
My heart is like an apple-treeWhose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;Mein Herz ist wie ein ApfelbaumMit Ästen hangend von Früchten schwer.Christina Rossetti Now is the prime time to pick apples. Everywhere I go, I see apple-laden branches. As the apple season begins, I already baked cinnamon apple muffins. While I am writing this, I …
Time goes by shivering.What seems over, begins. Fröstelnd geht die Zeit spazieren.Was vorüber schien, beginnt. “October” from the cycle “The Thirteen Months”“Der Oktober” aus dem Zyklus “Die dreizehn Monate“Erich Kästner (1899 – 1974) I am moved by this beautiful poem – October by Erick Kästner. Time goes on, never stop, I too shall keep going. …
“Was it Frederick’s voice?Was it magic?”Frederickby Leo Lionni How to prepare for the coming cold winter is one of the main concerns now. This is not an ungrounded worry in European countries when we read the news. Companies, churches, private home are calculating about the room temperature for winter to ensure that Germany does not …
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 …