• _Alltag,  familie

    Schulranzen

    Lately C is using my old satchel. Yep, that’s what I had when I entered school. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo at hand. Usually she doesn’t need one as she only has to carry her food. But now she brings home pictures every now and then or takes some toys to school, which requires more room. So she decided to use the satchel instead of the backpack again. Zum Schulanfang hat C. meinen alten Schulranzen geerbt. Ja, mit dem Ding bin ich damals eingeschult worden und ich habe ihn immer noch. Leider hab ich kein Foto von mir mit dem Ranzen. Eigentlich braucht C keinen Schulranzen und hat ihn…

  • familie

    All Hallows

    One year ago, my 96 years old blind grandma died. She couldn’t chose a better day to leave her physical body. At 5:45 pm she died. Quietly at home in her bed. I think it is a beautyful date she chose. November 1st. All Hallows. I did the Akal Meditation to guide her sould to the universe. Akal means no-death (kaal is death). It is sung short after a person dies to guide the frightened soul out of this life and world into the next state. To make sure the soul knows its death. Remembering you, dear Grandma Vor einem Jahr, an Allerheiligen, ist meine Oma im Altern von 96…

  • _Herbst,  familie

    Weekending

    Sitting here with a candle, listening to the autumn wind outside. The children are sleeping and I dream of the wonderful weekend we had. Slowly the world around us starts to turn into those wonderful autumn colours. Today we enjoyed a walk to the nearby Jesuitenschloss, a lovely building with café and very lovely ambiente. You walk a bit uphill through wine yards and apple & walnut trees. Up there we enjoyed some tea. On the way back we collected some wine that the farmers left. For dinner we tried to roast some of the Maroni from the tree in front of our house in our little ceramic fireplace on…