“Wonders will never cease!”“Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder” is one of my favourite German saying. It means something unbelievable is happening like a miracle. In fact, if we look closely at the nature, miracles happen every day. Not necessarily the kind of miracle like the parting of the Red Sea, but still miracle. VineyardThe …
“Do you know how beautiful is it here?” says the title in a German dialect which spoken in the area I visit – Rothenburg ob der Taube. It is so beautiful that once I’ve got back, I looked into my calendar wanted to plan for another trip immediately. I am not so sure yet, because …
What is the story the sky is telling? Use your imagination!
“The days and months hurried on, never delaying;Springs and Autumns sped by in endless alternation:And I thought how the trees and flowers were fading and falling.And feared that my fairest beauty would fade too.” Excerpt from “Li Sao” by Qu Yuan. This afternoon I’m reading a poem written by Qu Yuan (b.c. 335? – 296?). …
“See! The splendour roses in garden!”“Yeah, they are wonderful. Also they are selected to grow on your grave.”“Look! the two black little horses is leaping lively on the meadow!”“Their pace would become slow when they are transporting your corpse. It may be very soon this would happen.” What a rich wisdom is hidden in this …
From tomorrow on is June, let me write a quick note for this wonderful beautiful month of May. RosesThis morning when I came back from an appointment at Job Centre, those roses lifted my spirits. I cut some of them to decorate my home, and put them temporarily into a used coffee cup. After that, …
My neighbour, not the sick neighbour, she once told me she makes fruit jam, if I have empty jam glass jars to recycle, she would like to have them. So I regularly brought empty glass jar to her if I have one. Today, she brought me this bag with this sentence:“Enjoy the little things in …
I am enjoying my peaceful life. There is really only one thing is not that cheerful. The one thing is visa. My collecting documents for freelancer visa is in limbo situation. The Job Centre was astonishing helpful in giving me instruction to establish myself as a self-employed musician and probably I could also establish myself …
In this essay “Shuo Mu Ye” , 林庚 Lin Geng(1910 – 2006)examines the names of the leaf in Chinese classical poetry. “Mu” 木 and “Ye”叶 both mean leaf, but in the poetic realm, the subtle differences between the two are individually and exclusively termed. The earliest works for which the distinction between the two can …
Berg: Mountain Lust: RaptureIt could be Mount Everest or The Alps, but in this blog post, it is my favourite “WeinBERG”, vineyard in English. This was the view today, the trees are in bud. Look at the sunray after the rain! My current situation:In my organ lesson, I am currently working on “Six Little Preludes …