at the wake. And oh At the wake. at the wake I will turn to see a face Just a face, just a face That’s surrounded by a name What a name, what a name And we never want to change What you gave, what you gave Never want to let go So surround me,…
Read moreder tag am meer. back from djerba. everyday life has settled in once again. if this trip to africa could be reduced to one single moment, it was the one out there on the waves with katherina, the deep blue beyond – and life as i knew it, so far away. but i don’t remember…
Read morethe America I love. In a time when world events focus us on the negative, I am lucky to be reminded of another America. More than three years after I first arrived on a beautiful clear day in Oakland I remember the warmth of the northern Californian indian summer with its still, clear mornings and…
Read morewhere the ocean meets the land. i had been dreaming of it for such a long time. walking in the wet sand the ocean brushing against my feet. it was way past midnight when i finlly made it down there. just walked along the beach, the moon guiding my way. austria suddenly seemed far far…
Read moreThe Life of Pi. “I can well imagine an atheist’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!” – and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warn light bathing him by saying, “Possibly…
Read morethe great wide open. off the island of djerba i sailed for the first time in my life today. the salty air, the waves hitting our small cat-boat just me and katherina. being totally unexperience i had to trust her a thousand percent and it paid off. for an hour or so i felt free,…
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went to see the german movie “der untergang” (the downfall) yesterday. it’s about the last 12 days of the world war II in berlin. the gruesome reality of my country’s history crept up to me. it’s our history and turning towards the future to make sure that we won’t allow history to repeat itself doesn’t…
Read moreIt feels like an eternity since I have opened up this page to type. I know not how long it has actually been. Many things have changed in my life while others have stayed the same. I am back in college with the most credits I have ever taken at once and I am also…
Read moresunshower. yesterday while investigating material for a series of articles i wanted to check out some place. nobody was there, but everything was locked. finally i ecountered the janitor who welcomed me suspicious eyes. after telling him who i was and which paper i was writing before he started to smile. he had read my…
Read moreon top of the world. went hiking on the weekend. it’s been long since i have been on the mountains, though it’s only a 20 minutes drive frm my hometown. it was a two-hour walk up, no cell phones ringing, no cars running, just the purity of the austrian mountains, the good talks between friends…
Read morethe butterfly effect. i guess it’s something that everbody has thought of at least a couple of times in his life. the what-if type of thinking, what-if i had done this or that. i was thinking of it again this weekend – i went to vienna to meet tuija, who used to be my finnish…
Read moreI loved you in my fashion. All colours bleed to red Asleep on the ocean’s bed Drifting on empty seas For all my days remaining But would north be true? Why should I? Why should I cry for you? Dark angels follow me Over a godless sea Mountains of endless falling, For all my days…
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