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 […]
Read More“Whole” 5/7
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 […]
Read More“Whole” 6/7
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 […]
Read More“Whole” 7/7
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 […]
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Was 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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The Collector
The umbrella spread fear and terror. To the left and right, visitors to the museum leapt out of the way to avoid the eight pointed sticks that held the bright yellow fabric of the umbrella in shape. The reddish light of the alarm reflected off the surface of the umbrella […]
Read More Der Sammler
Der Regenschirm verbreitete Furcht und Schrecken. Links und rechts sprangen die Besucher des Museums aus dem Weg, um den acht spitzen Stöcken auszuweichen die den knallgelben Stoff des Schirms in Form hielten. Das rötliche Licht von Alarmleuchten reflektierte von der Oberfläche des Schirms, während er bei jedem angestrengten, schmerzhaften Schritt […]
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Vista del billón de dólares
“¿Qué es eso?” “¿Te gusta la vista? Párate aquí, puedes ver toda mi instalación: Los paneles solares que siguen al sol, la micro turbina eólica y, en el otro extremo de la propiedad, la granja vertical y mi pequeña cabaña de madera. Allí escribo la mayoría de mis novelas”. “Sí, […]
Read More Acerca de la amabilidad
Últimamente he estado pensando en la “Kindness”. Mucho. Me parece que no hay ninguna expresión en alemán (yo soy alemán) que corresponda al significado completo de la palabra inglesa “kindness”. “Freundlich” es sólo la forma de comunicarse, una versión mejorada de “höflich”. Le falta motivación. “Güte” se le acerca. Pero […]
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