Continue Reading Change and Continuity I woke up around 3 am – (jet lag, I despise you) – having this urge to get out the power washer…
Continue Reading Art Jokes During a lovely lunch today with friends who know the PDX art scene well – and are part of it – we…
Continue Reading Fading into the Background This morning I saw a woman in her 70s with flowers face painted on her face. I overheard that she had a…
Continue Reading The REINS Act Hm, for some reason this post disappeared. Even thought it went out on the automatic email and presumably into your inboxes. Sorry…
Continue Reading Heinrich Heine Back home. Yes, it is home, it feels that way. Marveling at the pink-hat masses who stood in the way of alternative facts yesterday….
Continue Reading What a day A day where I was floored by a documentary exhibit on the judicial fates of Nazi perpetrators, prepared by folks from the commemorative…
Continue Reading Hafenliebe Hamburg’s port was founded in 1189 by Friedrich I and has been central to Europe’s commerce ever since. It is the largest…
Continue Reading Being Jewish in Germany I’ve been on the road so much that regular blogging has fallen behind. Part of that was access to the net, but…
Continue Reading Update on Refugees In 2015 close to 1.000.000 asylum seekers arrived in Germany. Those numbers decreased to 280.000 in 2016. This decrease was caused by the closing…
Continue Reading Elphi Alfie? Why is everyone talking about Alfie, I wondered. It turns out I misheard. The topic of the day is Elphi, short…
