“Nothing to do but to stay present” - It occurred to me yesterday and I was honestly ashamed of myself for … I am not sure what, being so dense I guess.
I walked my dog last night, it was dark and very, very cold, and there were Christmas decorations everywhere. I love winter nights, I [...]

Some years ago I sat at the steps of a monument in the Aushwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. It was a late winter afternoon, the camp is beautiful in winter now, quiet and peaceful, with the orderly raws of red-brick barracks and an endless panorama of chimneys - the only thing now left of the wooden buildings [...]

We walked outside today morning, Ghani and I. We were going for a walk. My house is surrounded by tall, beautiful pine trees that keep it in a shade most of the time. In this shade I stood today morning, shivering, because it was rather chilly. Ghani was snuffing something in the bushes. I [...]

When I was a child I used to have an “Alice in Wonderland” audiobook. I used to listen to it so often that some parts of it ingrained themselves firmly in my mind.. They tend to pop up once in a while, serving as a perfect commentary to whatever occurs in the moment.
This is one [...]