Nothing to bemoan
Hell in North America literally froze and it seems Mein Kampf sells best as an e-book – who could resist it for 99p – or are you frightened of what the stranger sitting next to you on the bus would …
Category: reality
Harsh – Rough – Demanding. That’s our idea of reality, apart from transition, but what is it in truth?
Leaping Orion
Happy New Year(even though in any case – leap year or not – the phrase makes no sense whatsoever) I didn’t need fireworks, the skies were so clear, you could give grace to Orion.
Unravelled
We parked in a street that can only exist as such in The East: die Strasse der Opfer des Faschismus(exactly that long… street for the victims of fascism).I was there for another reason though. We went to ‘see’ a concert. …
Born to be alive
The disparity between reality and mind has taken its toll on me.The new pope asked for the most random thing requested ever: world peaceI took a deep breath and walked through the curtain. A disapproving look from my mother. Today …
A cure for nothing less than fantasy
Lovesick on Christmas eve?… HmmmThey sell these fantastic little tin boxes with lip balm here, tasting like Coca Cola, Fanta or Sprite.Mine are still swollen from the weekend, for the rest I look out the window on the second floor. …
The Mistaken Approach to Monogamy
Shortly before my weekend in Cologne begins… I do not intend to enter the debate between monogamists and those who like a change here and there. Still I have my own take on the story… and I can tell you …
Psychology of Creativity
Really only I could fall asleep an hour into ‘Psychopath Night’ on channel4 yesterday. To be fair it was late and my headaches got worse by the minute, yet when I was in bed I listened to the wind coming …
Creeping Water
Now I definitely know why libraries are usually on the first floor…I couldn’t concentrate on O’Sullivan’s miserable game of snooker anymore, so I got into my jeans and coat and went out to speak with the neighbours. Then I went …
By the Water Mill
Suddenly the idea of living in a water mill right by the Stour doesn’t appear such an appealing reality. The MET office (by the way, it’s up for sale for 500 million pound; so is Eurostar for a few billion) …
56 Shades of Morning
There we have it! In the midst of the Scotland Independence question (Independence Day, planned: 24th March 2016), BBC2 news on the radio at ten, meanwhile I scrub my naturally neat toilet, and wonder how inventive the desperate can be, …