02. Januar 2023

I just came back from a trip to Madeira, where I was travelling on my own, hiking in the mountains of the very quiet south-west. Before I went, I had looked up some important Portuguese expressions. Speaking English usually makes us carefree about language needs, but I had experienced some places where English was not much use before. With Spanish and English, however, it was no problem at all to manage any situation. Even if somebody only spoke Portuguese, my basic Spanish would help. In some...

25. Oktober 2022

I went on my early morning run yesterday. It was still dark, even darker than usual because it was foggy. When the sun made its way through the fog I just arrived at my favourite tree. As always I stood with my back against it, getting some of its energy and reassurance for the day. I was motionless, just breathing and listening to the sounds of the forest, when I saw the tail of a cat in the adjacent field. It moved like a dervish, up and down, back and forth. Then the cat emerged, a mouse in...