Thoughts and words

Looking back - using the past in our books.

My question is: how accurate are our memories? How many of them are fabrications fashioned from a vague picture of the past and coming alive in the present? In other words, how reliable are these recollections and what exactly is the association between memory and current identity? In literature, for... Read more →

Life in the time of Corona.

I have read that one of the beneficiaries of the current Corona "crisis" is the earth itself, and I have read articles about animals returning to the streets in Australia, skies being bluer and reports that pollution levels have already fallen in some parts of the world. My own experiences... Read more →

Inspiration from first love - Alte Liebe rostet nicht. First love doesn't rust, or does it?

It goes without saying that a "first time" for anything can only happen once. The first time we went to school alone. The first time we drank alcohol. The first time we fell in love. Ah, yes - first love. It never rusts, does it? Or does it? Until recently,... Read more →

Corona culture

It is now the fourth or fifth week of lockdown here in Jugenheim and I am wondering whether I will ever be able to walk confidently into an office or supermarket again! Will I turn my head and reach for one of the many face masks I keep in my... Read more →

Change the world with Corona!

When we look back at WW2, most of us are aware of the major battles, the high points and the low points and, above all, we know that the Democratic powers emerged as the winners - both from a political and a military point of view. We know that, for... Read more →