The toad

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony.” ― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet Today I got licked by a toad. Maybe it was trying to get high, or it just wanted a princess; either way the irony did not get lost on me. There … Continue reading The toad

The alien

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” ― Gautama Buddha, Sayings Of Buddha The Dypsis lutescens was obscuring my site. No idea how it came so far. Plants over plants standing between my life and my idea of it. Something to take care … Continue reading The alien

Persephone

“Tell them that you weren’t hungry, tell them you followed the pomegranates seeds because they tasted like blood, like love.” ― Pauline Albanese, The Closed Doors Sun. The longing for a warmth long forgotten. Too many months sprinkled with neutral tones. Greys and whites and freezing cold. Spring came but the longed for, came and … Continue reading Persephone

Limbo

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― douglas adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul It doesn’t matter how happy the music you are listening to is; after waiting in an unmoving train, your spirit fades. Slowly. Calm … Continue reading Limbo

Applause

“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.” ― Charles Bukowski The suffering writer is the most appreciated writer, only second to the dead writer. Pain strikes out of the blue and spreads all over their path of life, so they’ll slip over it over and over again. It will stick on their … Continue reading Applause

Flat reality

“She loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when it was scattered among ruins.” ― Gustave Flaubert Romance. I never understood the fascination around it. My aunt used to devour piles of books with Tarzan-type of men on the cover. The writing varies very much, the plot is always the same, but … Continue reading Flat reality

Madame Bovary

“There is nothing so patient, in this world or any other, as a virus searching for a host.” ― Mira Grant, Countdown It’s been hard to sit down and write. I purposedly decided not to write “to find time” because it’s not true. I’ve been avoiding writing lately. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve … Continue reading Madame Bovary

Der Schwan 4

Chaos. Die Ritter der ersten Reihe wurden seitlich geschleudert, die hinteren holten ihre Schwerter aus den Scheiden und gaben ihr Bestes. Ein Kommandant kam zu mir und gab mir ein Pferd. Er sagte: – Renn, die anderen sind schon unterwegs. Hier ist keine Hoffnung mehr. Dann ging er. Ich wollte kämpfen. Aber manchmal muss man … Continue reading Der Schwan 4