Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Turkish sheep
Fırst travel blog from Turkey for you my faıthful frıends. With a bit of luck I may have ınternet at home in a few days but like everything here all is ın the hands of Allah. Anyway when I left last November the buildıng boom was ın full swıng and condos sprang up with no regard to environment...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Arrived in Turkey
Hı everybody. Thanks so much for all your good wishes. I have made it to Turkey and the internet cafe owned by my toothless friend. The keyboard of course ıs Turkish and some words may come out funny, so dont be surprısed. It ıs very hot, but pool is at hand. Once I am settled ın I will post more.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Bye bye Number 2
After bye bye to Miami, today it's bye bye to Germany. This is my last session from the basement in the videoshop which doubles as internet cafe. At least I have been able to post a little bit of my impressions and feelings and you, my dear blogger friends have been kind enough to read me. Tomorrow...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Unfinished dreams - a poem and a bit of history
Before I post the poem, I have to explain a bit of Bavarian history for you to understand what the poem is about. When you are here in Bavaria, the south of Grmany and particularly Munich and surroundings, there is no escaping the image of the legendary King Louis II. He of the famous fairy tale...
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Rays of sunshine - a blessing from heaven
Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement. I take to heart what you say: move on, keep up and leave with dignity. Being able to post here is such a help and the need to do so and now focus again on my surroundings and write about it, is what shows me that writing is indeed the...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Hello from a depressed vogue
Hi everybody in blogger land. First of all, a heartfelt thanks for your many comments and good wishes when I said good bye Miami. I can tell you, I needed each and every one of your cyber hugs. Now I am in Germany and I feel like a lost soul. This country isn't mine any more, in fact has not been...
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Monday, May 19, 2008
The gratification of writing
Yesterday, I wrote a poem called 'Cyber-Love' which was about wiley and kabu. I didn't know if I got events of their lovely love-story right or why it came to mind yesterday, it just wanted out. Then I got the most touching replies from both wiley and kabu, telling me, that my words correctly...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Two laws we should happily break
No don't be mislead, this is NOT a guide as to how to become a successful criminal. This has nothing to do with the law-law, but rather with the law of nature, rumor or superstition. I am referring to Murphy's law and the Law of Three. Both have a rather negative implication and hence should be...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
In print! At last!
Friends in bloggerland! I have to share this news with you, because you have helped me in achieving my goal. I have just been notified that my short story "The stitch" which so many of you have read and commented on, is among the top entries in the Secret Attic Short story competiton and is together...
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Friday, May 16, 2008
The nature of jokes
Have you ever stopped to consider why we tell jokes, why we like jokes, what jokes are all about? I am sure you have and let's see if we have thoughts in common on the subject. Jokes are mini stories, parabels, a way to make a point, express an opinion without giving offence because, it is, after...
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