Slugs in Japan – or the needlessness of time

For some, this is sci-fi with the profound excitement of slime and sludge, for others it’s the nuisance of running late. And being late is a sincere sacrilege in some countries around the world. While a small village in the …

Abandonment in an instance

‘Why do you still bother listening to the rats in the attic, my dear? They do nothing else than chew on cardboard or old shoes’, but what she really wanted to know, what a life this may be, munching on …

Ground-breaking engineering: the dam

Casually spring awakens, with a gentle burst of buds and bird song; a woodpecker to be more precise, each morning around eight, long after the smaller birds had their breakfast and left notes on the doorstep to their feeder.It is …

The remarkable Essence

Spoken of a new day, a Sunday whether there is light or dark, falling into a world well beyond our day-to-day love for routine.After ten, people don’t go to church anymore, instead they gather in small groups of four or …

Because I still breathe

There’s good reason why in the last years my only glass of whiskey in the year slips down my throat for Christmas. The many inane conversations on politics and social morality only get so far over the rest of the …

Memories of a Samhain past

I put the book down and slip out from under the blanket. A postcard with the painting of a wild rose on a deep, dark background tucked between page 42 and 43.The warmth from the beginning, the child in me …

The curse of genius

It’s in the essence of genius to be afraid of losing, losing authenticity;the flexibility to draw from the micro as much as the macro-cosm{ just swap an a for an i }which reflects in the eyes of the public, andcomes …

Reminiscence of the cold

The flickering in the distance must belong to the concrete factory. With its tall, dark chimneys you could only have a guess at what happens across the valley. Smoke coming out the top, everything moves slower than usual. [I was …

Lost on the moon

The foxes upon my return two nights ago impressed me. So much that, indeed, I dreamed of a fox cub, lying in the snow, almost frozen to death. I pick it up and tuck it under my jumper. I cannot …

A mission almost incomprehensible

While the world outside is trying to dumb me down to their level – unsuccessful,the world inside seeks more in the warm summer evenings. Coccyx – the final vertebra – better known as tailbone –the distinction between human and ape …