I really like to walk in the vineyard, and often jokingly say to my friends that my backyard is a vineyard. The vintner was very hard working, he already start to prune the branches, just compare the unpruned grapevines at the left side, and the pruned vines at the right side. Every good vintner know …
I guess you would think that, the Christmas time is over now. In most of the houses in Germany, the beautiful decorated Christmas tree been taken out on 6th of January. In Asian countries, the Chinese lunar new year decoration already replaced the Christmas decoration. However, according to the old church tradition, Christmas time end …
As I am writing this blog post, I supposed to be in Bristol (UK) playing an organ recital. Apparently, the recital is cancelled due to the amendment of travel rules announced shortly before Christmas 2021. It is a pity, because both sides, the musicians/ organisers in UK and me have tried our best to make …
If I say life is good without internet, I would be a hypocrite, although it was really good to have limited internet connection for the past two weeks. Internet in my home went down. It was a perfect timing, exactly when the corona rules for church music are changing rapidly. It was frustrating and a …
Yesterday, on the 1st Advent, I visited a friend for afternoon tea. She said, “I kept the DIY Advent Calendar that you made last year. I like it so much, I am going to reuse it this year.” I am happy that my friend kept the calendar, I am sad that I did not make …
Without enthusiasm you will never accomplish anything correctly in art.Ohne Enthusiasmus wird nichts Rechtes in der Kunst zu Wege gebracht. Advice to Young Musicians – Robert Schumann After two years working as a church musician, I realized there is a big gap between the music I learned and the occupational music. I need to deal …
In November, The Journey Writer collaborated with Robert Schumann on the project “Music Lesson with Robert Schumann”. Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) was known as a musician, a composer. In fact, he was also an excellent writer! Among his many writings, he has written “Advice to Young Musicians” in year 1848 alongside with his piano …
On the coming Sunday, I will turn this “October” page to “November”. Other than that, I need to adjust my clock to winter time, one hour backward because of the daylight saving time.
The next morning, by the Main River we had brunch together. At The Old St. Nicholas Church, I lit up a candle to give thanks to God for the wonderful weekend, also prayed for His guidance for the future. And the journey goes on.
“Let’s put aside the visa and financial challenges, what do you want to be then?” a German friend asked.
“Schriftstellorganistin.” I said.
“Wie bitte?” the friend replied.
(Pardon?)