quotes

quotes are one of my guilty pleasures
couldn't resist this one...

"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."
- Doug Larson

du hast Geburtstag heute

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

i found this piece of a Liebeslied
in meine Deutschbuch, heh heh
i think, it is perfect for you today,
so here i copied it...

Wo mag meine Heimat sein?
Meine Heimat ist klein,
Geht von Ort zu Ort,
Nimmt mein Herz mit sich fort,
Gibt mir Weh, gibt mir Ruh;
Meine Heimat bist du.

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)

ich hoffe du hast einen Freudentag
heute und immer!

pantuflas

what is for sale
around my neighborhood

der Regen

today finally rained in San Diego
after over 4 months of dryness
the sky took mercy on us.

Es regnet heute.

the 'air' bath solution

following a wise advice
i finally took a bath tonight
after a week of a stiff neck
headaches, and finally
a migraine
i poured
some eucalyptus oil in the bath tube
some of my relaxing secret ingredient
turned down the lights
and played
& my favorite AIR EP:
Premiers Symptomes
which i think is probably one their best
early efforts
the tastiest downtempo synth-french-pop...

ah here a sample...
i hate YOUTUBE now, officially!
grrrr but i found it here
oh wow, i don't sound relax again
:(, maybe i need another bath! ;)
and more Air

wo die Zitronen blühn?

i've been at home the past 2 days
a little sick
yesterday i went for a little walk
and ended at one of the used bookstores
around my house

i was glad to find a Schubert's 200 song
for the piano & voice...

and what was my nice surprise!
I can still read music, sheets of music
die Musik, die Noten!
after all these years
without playing piano
which i did for many years...

and even nicer surprise was to understand this little chunk of Deutsch
wonderful Goethe's words
"wo die Zitronen blühn?" wonderful!
i read them and knew at once what they meant...

one of my dreams
to be able to read my favorite authors on their mother language
Julio Cortázar en Español
Julian Barnes in English
and why not?
maybe soon I can read
Herman Hesse auf Deutsch

lernen Deutsch

another busy afternoon
lerner Deutsch
die Stuhl draußen:
-kaffee! <-- die Zutat Zahlen eins
-vegetarian 'chicken' nuggets with Barbecue Sauce
-Erdäpfelpüree (afterall, i am learning Deutsch, potatoes are indispensable too!)
-die Bücher
-das Heft
-der Kugelschreiber
-die Bleistifte
-das Radiergummi

and after a couple of hours
i went for a little walk
escaped to a book store
and got me this kleine Buch
José Saramago's
"El Cuento de la Isla Desconocida"

the tale of the unknown island...
in Spanish, ah!
a spanish treat after all this Deutsch and English in my life

Saramago will provide some of my 1st language
when i have a little time! don't know when that
happen again...

egg sandwich

the problem with having access to the internet
is that one end up surrendering to the temptation
of posting almost anything
no matter how silly it is
not sure why
maybe a bit of a late altered state
but i cannot resist to post
my today's breakfast

-. a vegetarian breakfast pattie
(not as tasty as a real sausage one, but oh well, health comes first, the 'real' ones are reserved for special days...)
-. 1 cage-free egg (even if a little pricer, i make sure to buy "cage-free" eggs at the store, nothing like a hen/chicken 'free to run and scratch...' as one brand slogans...)
-. 1 whole grain english muffin (toasted or soft is your choice)
-. a-ha! for a little spice & punch, add some Jack Daniel's Horseradish mustard, yes! Jack Daniel's as in the Jack Daniels...

a great little breakfast full of protein, low fat and vegetarian

it was nicely accompanied by 1 (or was it 2? heh heh) cups of great home-brewed coffee, an Ethiopian medium roast, very nice... ah! a good start for a day

die Küche, still & again

because feels like the core of it all
the nest of most quirkinesses
of mine
for sure
i guess

the place where you can control
the miniature things that unveil your
real character
what you drink or what you don't
how many bites? and of what?
the closest to basic human behaviors
food and the time for it
and drinks
and just as basic as walks
and each other's eyes to stare...
you can measure
and add up
sugar spoons, liquors
café and/or té
no matter if you cook
or just ingest
little samples of own reflection
on a table
or a stove

when peace came into a dark drink with lots of sugar and bubbles

one of the most famous Coca-Cola commercials
just because
i have nothing more interesting to post
and a retro ghost came around last night...
heh heh