by Chris Pyak The two of them were both so frail. Parts were failing, because frankly: They were super old. Ninety years one of them, 92 the other. One of them could hardly see, the other was nearly deaf. But never have I seen a pair that together created such […]
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“Whole” 2/7
Read from start. “There, your wedding bed awaits”, my colleague joked. The humour of nurses tends to skip sophistication and goes right to the punch-line. Who knows if your audience will still be alive by the end of the joke? The hospital room was once again calm and clean. Klärchen, […]
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Read from the start “Can you feel this?” he asked and offered his open palm to me in an invitation. As soon as he felt my hand close by he grabbed my index finger with his fist. “Got you!” he laughed. Then he gently let my fingers feel the pink […]
Read More“Whole” 4/7
Read from the start “I need to take another test!” Klärchen frowned. Karl took her hand and gently stroked it: “Don’t worry. It’s about the new medicine.” Klärchen raised her eyebrows. “They want to see if the medicine is working!” Klärchen nodded. “The test is tomorrow.” Klärchen nodded. “At nine […]
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Read from the start. The two of them had always loved cooking. They even had one of those robotic kitchens at home, where you put on gloves and a jumpsuit covered in sensors and recorded all your movement while cooking – so that the robot arms of the kitchen could […]
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Read from the start At this point the nurses decided to pay them a little visit. Just to check on them. Karl was startled, when suddenly my colleagues entered the room. He jumped up from his chair, then groaned in pain as every bone, muscle and tendon in his body […]
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Read from the start. Karl and Klärchen had collected a lot of “Karma points” during their lives. They had nurtured each other with tenderness and love and by doing so reminded everyone around them, that at our core we are good people and seek kindness in this world. You spent […]
Read MorePorqué admiro a mi abuela
La persona más influyente de mi vida fue mi abuela. Nació bajo el imperio alemán, vio dos guerras mundiales, la llegada a la luna y Microsoft 95. Fue a Dresde para llevar a su hija a casa del “Landverschickung” durante la guerra y obligó a la directora a devolverla. Fue […]
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El paraguas sembró el miedo y el terror. A izquierda y derecha, los visitantes del museo saltaban para esquivar los ocho palos puntiagudos que daban forma a la tela amarilla brillante del paraguas. La luz rojiza de la alarma se reflejaba en la superficie del paraguas mientras éste se balanceaba […]
Read MoreWas meine Oma mich lehrte
Die einflussreichste Person in meinem Leben war meine Großmutter. Sie wurde im Deutschen Kaiserreich geboren; erlebte zwei Weltkriege, die Mondlandung und Microsoft 95. Während des Krieges ging sie nach Dresden, um ihre Tochter aus der “Landverschickung” nach Hause zu holen, und zwang die Schulleiterin, ihre Tochter zurückzugeben. Dann brachte Oma […]
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