my head is packed with a million things. after returning from bochum i felt even more stressed than before. at lunch i told riitta i thought my life sucked. at dinner i felt it was beautiful. because god gives me sights like this one: the lake, my lake. i believe.
Read moreup until the end.
british petroleum invited me for a trip to bochum, germany. basically we were lead through a series of labs, working on the “ultimate” diesel fuel bp launched in 2003. their promise: more power, less pollution. and while i enjoyed the trip i couldn’t resist a distinctive feeling throughout it: fuel has no future. for 2…
Read morei’ve got you under my skin
I’ve got you under my skin I’ve got you deep in the heart of me So deep in my heart, that you’re really a part of me I’ve got you under my skin Ah, there’s nothing like a bit of Sinatra to take the edge off a busy Thursday morning…
Read morehappiness and hockey
Today I’m tired and right now quite physically exhausted after a long day but it doesn’t matter, I’m happy and nothing can ruin my mood. I don’t think that I can completely put my finger on the reason, but it has much to do with a great weekend just gone. In addition, just as I…
Read morebruce, my hero.
We’ve got God on our side We’re just trying to survive What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love Fear’s a powerful thing. I believe.
Read morethe old and beautiful
yesterday i took my grandmother to the doctor. the waiting room there was packed with people, most of them old, well above their sixties. when it was our turn to tell the doctor’s assistant what we needed i kept myself in the background so grandma could do her business. i had to stand there and…
Read morethe truth
This time it has nothing to do with what I think about our role in this war, but rather I see a mother who lost her son, a widow who lost her husband and two little girls who will grow up without their father. Were this not already enough they now must deal with a…
Read moreabout making a difference
yesterday we got word that one of my colleagues, antonia gössinger, is this year’s winner of the kurt-vorhofer-price, the highest award for austrian journalists. and quite honestly, i wouldn”t know anyone who’d deserve it more. antonia is not only a brilliant journalist, role-model and co-worker but also a person holding on to values. in a…
Read morefreedom
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be. James Baldwin. I believe.
Read morenothofagus gunnii
Yesterday I made the annual visit to Mt Field to see the fagus (or ‘cornflake tree’ as it known by my friends’ kids) as it changed colour. This year winter has come a bit earlier than usual so we found ourselves walking through the snow and in the snow, but the scenery was no less…
Read morehurt
i must sound so stupid among all those other things on my mind. i just came home from a bar, where my favorite jacket was stolen / taken by someone. it not only cost me a lot of money but also meant a lot to me. i wonder who could take stuff just like that….
Read moremiles from nowhere
For the past couple of days I’ve been thinking again about getting on my bike and riding. As Leon would say, ‘up on over them hills and then just keep on riding’…As I was playing hockey this morning, looking out at the cyclists on the bike track, the feeling was even stronger than ever. This…
Read morechernobyl
(Gomel, Belarus) – Alexandra Prokopenko, (9), hydrocephaly with her father Vitaly. He quit his job to take care of his daughter, being the only one in the family strong enough to carry her. Chernobyl in the Ukraine became the site of the most infamous nuclear disaster accident of all. In 1986 the explosion of the…
Read morereflections
Kaikkea saa tehdä. Kaikkea pitää tehdä. Kaikkia ovia pitää tempoa, kaikkia kuita kurkotella. On vain yksi ehto, elinehto: Värisevää sielua ei saa tallata. -Tommy Tabermann
Read moregive me all your disappointments
Life is a world full of contrasts. Emiliy writing about a new baby bringing joy to a family at the other end of the world. And then on the other side there is Robert, my dad’s friend who died today. Most likely caused by the consequences of life-long alcohol abuse. My dad knows that, we…
Read moreah, sweet mystery of life
Congratulations to Sarah and Chris on the safe arrival of their beautiful daughter, Julia. I can’t wait to meet her in July!
Read morepeace
we were sitting out on our balcony, when i decided to take a couple of shots. i love those pictures, that you take without the other one noticing. one of these shots incorporates a lot of what i feel for riitta. take your own look.. i believe
Read morenew and improved
as you can see i decided to give mindwork a makeover, yes i liked the old layout but felt we needed something new. voila! thanks go out to ulf pettersson, who created this simple but still stylish theme for wordpress. i believe.
Read morehow time heals
This past Saturday marked 10 years since my dear grandfather died. On one level it feels as if it was only yesterday but when I take the time to reflect I immediately realise how much has changed in this time. At some moments there is a tangible sadness at what he has missed, but with…
Read moremoments
some things in life can boil down to one single moment – going through my pictures one of those moments came to my mind. boracay, the storm, everybody rushing to get home. sitting at friday’s beachfront i captured what seems like a perfect moment in time… i believe
Read morenyc – the pictures
enjoy the 260 or so pictures from new york, the city that really (really!) never sleeps. i believe.
Read morea word from audrey
People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and say ‘I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a…
Read morenyc (update 1)
okay so we went for an overpriced undercooked dinner and fell to sweet sleep. which lasted until 4am. after that i was done. totally done. went down to get a adapter for my powerbook and started calling mom, riitta and the grannies. okay new york here we come ! i believe.
Read morenyc.
last time i was here, i was 11 – so i basically don’t remember a thing about new york. but i guess i can already tell why they call it the city that never sleeps: it’s one crazy place. lukas and me have just been strolling around. and we still got 4 days left, whohoo!…
Read moreand they’ve ve all come to look for america.
4.30 am what a time! and still excitement is rising high, dad, mariola, lukas and me are off for new york. yep, new york city. can’t wait. i’ll keep you updated. back in austria on tuesday. if you happen to be around nyc, mail me :) – stefan dot. jaeger at. mindwork dot. net. i…
Read moremiracle drug.
Hanna and Mikko ‘s little baby boy was born yesterday night. and as we all know a baby is god’s opinion that this world should go on. good luck and welcome to the planet. this is our drug. a miracle drug. i believe.
Read moregood advice.
i am not sure if it’s just me, but i have a feeling that good customer service is one of the hardest things to get nowadays. good customer service meaning: to truly serve the customer. and really meaning it. but there’s hope. i went to lunch after hockey last wednesday and was desperately looking for…
Read morefalling in love, some way or another
i wrote this story about a 87-year old woman from near villach who for 33 years has been volunteeringly working for the austrian hydrological service. so me and one of our photographers went there to interview her and she was probably the most vivid and active 87-year-old i have ever met. not only does she…
Read morelessons at the end of the queue
riitta had the headache of her life on sunday, so i walked down to the city, where i had left the car saturday evening, to drop by my grandma and then at the pharmacy. everything worked out until the pharmacy thing, were about three people were queueing in front of me. each of them, as…
Read morenote to myself.
i have always wondered if my blog is interesting at all (well some 1000 readers each month appearantly think so) – but then my friend ed is about to show me what a good blog really looks like. i might have to switch mindwork’s focus as well a little, blogging straight from the holy offices…
Read morejust another soldier
but i’m not a miracle and you’re not a saint just another soldier on a road to nowhere amie come sit on my wall & read me a story of old tell it like you still believe that the end of the century brings a change for you and me amie come sit on my…
Read morejunges licht.
“Das ganze Universum ist vollkommen, verstehst du. Man kann nichts wegnehmen und nichts dazutun. Du bist längt tot und wirst immer leben.” Er tippte sich an die Schläfe. “Und wenn du dich für die Freiheit entschieden hast, kann dir gar nichts passieren. Nie” I believe.
Read morea small world / a letter from canada..
Hi Stefan, first of, SORRY for the very late reply. I tend to procrastinate a lot in terms of email-writing. I’m sure you can understand yourself that being a student, having a job, boyfriend/girlfriend and almost no time for anything else is a very busy time. Especially now, this semester, as I am 1 month…
Read moreabout good days and how they start.
i got up at 7.30 with is, at least for me, a ridiculous time. the light came through the our living room’s multi-colored curtains (which riitta dislikes so much) and it felt like this day will be good on _ or at least i can make it a good one, if i try hard enough….
Read moreimagine all the people.
i love a good story, a well written one. one that sticks to my mind. the “augustin” – a newspaper to the benefit of homeless people in vienna published such a story about the now over 90 years old saxophon player Lucia Westerguard. Enjoy the read I believe.
Read morehurt.
i am not a huge fan of johnny cash, but to whom else could “hurt” be more fittingly? what have I become? my sweetest friend everyone I know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I believe.
Read more25.
it was a special day with those i love and who love me. for a small moment in time this life seemed so far away, distant and small. On winter trees the fruit of rain Is hanging trembling in the branches Like a thousand diamond buds And waiting there in every pause That old familiar…
Read morehic rhodos, hic salta.
i wish grandpa would be still alive. after being allowed to repeat my exam, i scored a 2, which is the second best grade in the austrian system. i guess he would be proud of me. actually, i know it. and my prayers were heard. i believe.
Read moreimagine.
riitta and me just watched the opening of the olympic winter games. if there are still moments to dream in this world, john lennon’s imagine might have been one of them. i believe.
Read morebrothers in arms.
so it has reached austria, the small island of peaceful minds that carefully has tried to stay out of trouble. well this time it won’t work – we’re under fire too as the austrian embassy in iran has been under a de-facto siege and was nearly raided by islamic protesters. now you may judge by…
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