We put one foot in front of the other and we repeat this. We walk away from our homes, from what we know and what we understand and what we find familiar, and we go out into the unknown. We take taxis and we board … Continue readingOne foot in front of the other
It’s only a meal. Why the bother and the fuss? Let’s just grab something on the go, a doner kebab or a sandwich, something easy to carry and quick to consume. We only need the calories after all, the energy to sustain our day. Something … Continue readingAt the table
We are not what we wear. We are not our waistlines. We are not the wrinkles around our mouths, we are not the dark circles around our eyes. This is what I keep telling myself, over the years, over and over. Yet, if I am … Continue readingThe body and the balance
Imagine you are sixteen and you have been reading books for as long as you can remember. Reading stories. Words were magic. Sentences were magic weaved into spells. And what kept you spellbound were stories, for hours at end. Your father used to take you … Continue readingThe reader
It changed my life. (Now, how often does one get to use that sentence and have it be true?) I remember trying my best not to say goodbye. I have never lived abroad before. A trip down south to Singapore, a beach vacation in Phuket, … Continue readingMunich
Once upon a time… If I were Scheherazade and you, dear reader, were the great king Shahryār from whom I buy my life every day at dawn with every cliffhanger I spin, this would be my last story but one. I would tell my thousandth … Continue readingOnce upon a time…