sunny quiet Sonntag

today was one of those
lovely quiet Sundays


[and during the cooking of das Frühstück, a beloved voice came through, filling the eggs' recipe with joy]

an introspective day
with quiet home shores
the smell of laundry and the soft sun
reminded me of the peace


[i did laundry and realized i have way too many light green clothing (?)]

that peaces that seems to hide in between home-cooked meals
and quiet afternoons smelling of books and tea



slowly one can feel
the hot turbulence of the Summer
surrendering to the more calmed
languid moods of the Autumn



and slowly on this lazy late Summer, i can feel
as i contemplate shadows through my window



the memoir of your soft kiss
and the birds fly around again
in a little dizzy bliss



a sunny Sonntag sneaky feeling

por las mañanas

morgens passieren
mornings happen
las mañanas ocurren



"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."
-Fernando Pessoa

Friday, a lateish September night

and finally
here
the 1st time in a while
a Friday night
un cántaro y tequila
the top of my fridge
& my little plant

this night smells
of warm September summer
of water with clay
and of memoirs of guests
die Herren, later, my mom



teas, smiles, roads, besos
and laughs
this summer is fading away
but not the days in my heart
and summers will come
along with bread, trees, breeze, and wine

and yes
it's been a while
but as always
am back

and restart as left
w/a
Prost
Cheers
and
Salud
to my 1st words plastered here
in this warm September night


Disclaimer: this post is designed to be read while drinking some good refreshing beverage, either a hot fresh tea, a cold Bier, a glass of good French red wine, little sips of Tequila, or a lemonade w/sparkling water, ...worst case

enthusiastic

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
- Einstein

Today I found this Einstein quote in the page of a great programmer, mister Paul Graham, and I posted it here because I felt a little “enthusiastic” about it and a little “enthusiastic” about posting something in this lately somehow abandoned blog, and yes! because I agree that either wealth nor sumptuousness nor idleness move a soul or the world, but exactly the feeling of fervor, passion, or gusto we feel towards something or not…

Therefore, the pursuit of art, of knowledge, a lifetime of not-yet-acquired-enlightenment-chasing...
[and]

Today with an Einstein quote and while reading mister Paul Graham, the little creative worm in my head had sprung again, after this long beloved vacation, I am getting ready to learn again, and to read, and to be enthusiastic about those little things you can't buy nor share, the drive to take a picture, or write a sentence, or compose a tune, those desires are intimately shaped in the intimacy of one's own soul
and so they are these
Tuesday night reflection's
lost in this World-Wide-Web
[and]

Cheers to you!
und Prost!
y ¡Salud! también

Tiffany's wedding

warm breeze and fresh love
melted today in a summer August afternoon
at the Balboa park







Tiffany and Andrew's lovely wedding
that smelled of sweet lemon and white chocolate cake
with fresh-apple-scented young smiling love

not 23 but...

das Meer
the sea
el mar



under the pier, Ocean Beach - San Diego, California

[click on the photo for 'the' full size effect]

[frustated notes of a finally-coming-back
photographer with a dead site]
i am not sure what is going on
with 23hq.com but i cannot upload
JPG format?
strange...
nevertheless
und hier

unser gemeinsamer Sommer

unser gemeinsamer Sommer
our Summer together
nuestro verano juntos

i spent almost 3 weeks on vacation
i haven't taken a vacation this long in many years
i shared my time with 2 wonderful German guests

the turns and twists of USA
its freeways and highways took us
to Arizona, the Grand Canyon
and then Nevada, Las Vegas
and all around Southern California

here one of my favorite fotos
from the trip
the border between Arizona & California
where it all seemed to have started
and...



magic wonderful times!
a Summer to remember
this of 2008

and now my heart beats
with a different rhythm
one slightly stucked
i have a bad case of
the Thilo's blues



a missing feeling
yet a distant smile
to warm up and cuddle
when comes the night

grand canyon gaze

exchanging glances
busy humans
crossing endlessly
our busy daily paths
quick looks, peeks
and untouched souls
going inside blind

but the little trunk
of fine surprises of life
yields now & then
a heaven of peace
a soulful unexpected deep stare
torn from straight from nature
to the center of one’s heart

the grand canyon in arizona
settled peace and beauty
in this old heart of mine

and if i ever grow again
fearful, always those dark nights
i will hold close to my memory
this his magnificent glance

hermann hesse

Hermann Hesse hätte heute Geburtstag
am zweiten Juli
today was Hermann Hesse's birthday

Demian, Narcissus and Goldmund
and so many of his other words
filled my adolescence of magical nostalgia
his words, still crawl now & then
to my soul

i have never read this poem before
but it was the only one i found
translated in German and English
on this www

praying that the gods of literature
keep on sending us geniuses who
with words, are able to cure this
irremediable, intriguing and very
beautiful feeling that is this one'
of existence

ah! but the poem, right?

Wie sind die Tage...

Wie sind die Tage schwer!
An keinem Feuer kann ich erwarmen,
Keine Sonne lacht mir mehr,
Ist alles leer,
Ist alles kalt und ohne Erbarmen,
Und auch die lieben klaren
Sterne schauen mich trostlos an,
Seit ich im Herzen erfahren,
Dass Liebe sterben kann.

How heavy the days

How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
Everything cold and merciless,
And even the beloved, clear
Starts look desolately down,
Since I learned in my heart that
Love can die.

Translated by James Wright

of walkies and the sky

today i went for a little walk
i drove straight home after work
changed shoes and grabbed my little camera
and breathed outside!

the summer time makes
the evenings lighter
and smiling-to-pedestrians
windows make you want to
walk more



and then somebody told me
to 'google' 'google sky
but that he wasn't sure if such a thing
existed or maybe was just a dream?

naively enough, as to google my friend's dreams
i gladly realized that there such a thing as
google sky

but also there is a
google moon

[in case you need to get
driving directions to stuck up on cheese]

and not to mention
psychedelic-looking
google mars

apparently
there are no google-frontiers