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German Hugs

I’ve lived in Germany for eight years now. Some of the German mysteries have unfurled in front of me. I know why “Schmetterling” is the cutest word in the world. I know why vampires should turn me on. And I even kind […]

Funkstille

“Just update a lot. If you update a lot, you’ll have lots of visitors.” — Random Friend “No visitors today” — My blog Just a quick head’s up: There’s things currently on my mind. As always, one half is writing-related while the […]

Jetlag

So I’m back from the USA. “(AUDIENCE (Jeering) You’ve already told us that!”) Anyway. I had never traveled across the Atlantic in my life. Sure, I visited Iceland and went to Uganda, but those places were all in relatively cutesy time zones […]

Train

Two jolly old women enter the overfilled train. “I’m going to sit here”, says the fat one, poking  a guy with a huge suitcase. “I’m going to sit over here”, answers the one with the glasses and motions a tiny Filippina. The […]