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

silent june II

oh not much writing still
the preparation of vacations
and work work every-day routines
but perhaps and being this the last day
of a silent june
the time and luck will line up
so i can tak tak tak again soon

a muted entry
here

and no.
not even a photography
.
but periods
yes, and commas
and spaces,
yes

and friendly good nights
...
too

silent june

i've missed writing here
busy routine daily
cliiiick, sometimes, clooock
a convention at work
then
the summer-vacation planning
claaack!, and some clooock
too bad is too late
and not just sweet latte

and i do miss writing here!
and playing with my pictures
but life and sun go up
& down again
and so on...

tonite, though
the little om lit up
shyly but here immer
and to your screen
shared my some grayness silent
while always attempting trapping
on a dozed-off weekend
this mid-day californian sun



i have to reply to so many friends
and tonight i am
thankful that expected are the words
and i'll try to type type
type away
some of my love

tiempo y mar

Sonntag am Strand
Sunday at the beach
domingo en la playa

today i planned to just some errands
i suspected this morning that this Sunday
won't be a very fun day, i had to
go to the grocery store and get ready
for a very busy week ahead at work
clean the house, get the proper clothes ready
und so weiter und so fort...

and what a nice surprise always is
to find out that the store you are looking for
is close to the beach

i live about 8 miles
or 10 minutes from Ocean Beach
so no problem driving there
and why not? once you are there
is great just to walk to the pier
and stretch your tired feet
and walk under the sun, by the sea

& San Diego was lovely today!
breeze flowing, playing with my hair all day
sunny... but not so hot

here sharing my 360° view



and a registered encounter with

eine Glückliche Möwe
a happy seagull
una gaviota feliz

a good day starts

with a good breakfast...
and since i found this Mexican gigantic

Brombeere
Blackberries
Moras negras


[look at their size compared to my hand!]

so i decided to use them in a

super-Frühstück
super-breakfast
super-desayuno

all the ingredients here are very healthy food
i linked some of their benefits
please click and read them!

every day i realize more the importance of
feeding oneself with the proper foods
the chemistry in our bodies reflects in every
aspect of our lives... i many times indulge in
not so very healthy food... but it is comforting
to notice that after eating healthier food for
as little as 1 or 2 weeks, i start feeling with
more energy, lighter, and even happier...
mmm, body chemistry!

now for that delicious healthy breakfast

ingredients

1 cup of low-fat (1%) Kefir milk
1/2 cup (or more) of delicious blackberries
1/4 cup of walnuts
1 tablespoon of Maple syrup




just cut the berries if the are too big
and mix them with the Kefir milk
chop the walnuts and sprinkle with the maple syrup

i use Grade B maple syrup, which is less processed than
grade A, but has this nutty almost "tree-like" flavor
mmm, and has to be Canadian or from Vermont
the experts in maple syrup regions

oh, mouthwatering!



and here some healthy alternatives
in case you don't find the ingredients

if you don't have Kefir milk, use low or fat-free yogurt
if you don't have berries, use any other chopped fruit
if you don't have walnuts, use any other nut
if you don't have maple syrup, use regular bee honey

and this is delicious as a dessert too!

a lazy sunday

silent half-dead Sun
mumbling, a distant dog
peace and smells of life that has passed
a silent window
muted memories of a lost love
Sunday, a lazy one,
around my home

never enough

it seems to be never enough time
specially when it comes to rest
or to walk, or to play

after a 3-day weekend
i feel like i didn't really rest
but i didn't really worked either

i sort of cleaned
and sort of rested
i planed to upload tons of recipes
and post hundreds of photos
that i have stored

yet, i did NONE
didn't post anything
barely read now & there
but... ah time... time
click clack clock...

but again, never enough time
although, i did stretch the old toes
and took a couple of sunny-sometimes
cold-grayish-other-times naps

and i cooked, oh yes, and ate...
and even if in quantity, healthy too for sure

and today i woke to another
apparently limitless issue in California
and all around this country...
or the world
the energetics crisis up to our heads
or our feet?

for the 1st time since living in San Diego
that is 2001
i payed over $4 per a gallon of gasoline



fresh from this gray Tuesday morning
at the pump
the cheapest gasoline the
Unleaded 87 Octane Regular
$4.099 per gallon

and luckily i have a gasoline-saving gas
a japanese brand, Toyota
with very high mileage per gallon
but still, i could see the numbers just
rolling on and on and on at the pump...





and that was just for 3/4 of the tank!



time to switch the wheel for the shoe!
and yet my shoes here complain a bit too...
i am a walker indeed
on the weekends
i try to run most errands by foot

but even if Hippocrates said
"Walking is man's best medicine"
some distances the feet just can't take
specially in Southern California
with a life style designed for having a car



oh the 'practicalities' of this!
our modern life

and yet, walk! walk! walk!

and underneath or below?
the Hippocrates' quotes
was hidden this one
by this author unknown by me before
Gretel Ehrlich

it read:
"Walking is also an ambulation of mind."

and oh, so to walk
this mind of mine feels so inclined
to ambulate, to pace always!
sometimes, low or, later fast

breakfast: huevos con ajos y tomates

Reformkost Frühstück
healthy breakfast
desayuno saludable

I have been very lazy the past couple of days
just resting and hanging-out at home
but also I have been trying to cook myself
my own meals while trying to eat healthier
for me is a pleasure to cook simple meals
and i have been trying to include ingredients
that are listed on this book that my friend Tina
recently gave me: Super Foods RX



so one of the quick breakfast recipes that i developed
myself is
Ei, Tomaten und Knoblauchzehe
eggs with tomatoes and garlic
huevos con tomates y ajo

Ingredients

5 cherry tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
1 'sunny' disposition of making yourself and yummy and healthy breakfast



optional: slices of green serrano chile, for a mexican spicy twist
or some fresh basil, for a more Mediterranean flavor






it is very easy to make
just chop the tomatoes and garlic
and cook them on the olive oil
on a thick pan for about 3 minutes
add the already beaten egg and heat
until the egg is cooked



here i served with some cuban style black beans
from trader joe's



beans have tons of vitamins B and fiber
and tomatoes, garlic and olive oil are among
the healthiest foods in the world
so enjoy!



to accompany all, a good cup of black coffee
i recommend you the Trader Joe's
Bolivian Organic blend
is a caramel smooth medium but also dark blend
perfect for breakfast

i have more healthy & quick recipes coming soon

Bon appetite!

walk into the sea

●

[I could walk into the sea]
And choke away the memory
Do I have to stay alive
Just to keep our dresses white?

You come to me in dreams
With all the other pretty things
You tell me about a Savior
And how the soul lives on forever

And time is just a hunger
It bleeds us out to nothing
And when it finally takes us over
I hope we’ll float away together

Yeah, time’s the great destroyer
Leaves every child a bastard
When it finally takes us over
I hope we’ll float away together


●

stormy friday

& its grayness a little my soul altered...
with its layers of melanchol-eesh gray-eeish
substances and the branches, scratching
the already-clouded skies
scratching, reaching
like we always want to reach for the sky

the gray, the melancholy
of a night that has melted
within the daylight...

try playing both little movies
and the song all at once
then repeat the movies
as the song is longer
and immerse yourself
in sound and gray




Jane Siberry With K.D. Lang

so on stormy friday nights
could be a good idea
as one cuddles, a song to listen so to scare
the windy demons away
calling all angels, with angels voices
themselves

das letzte Quiz

Ich habe morgen die letzte Deutschstunde und das letzte Wortschatz Quiz
am Donnerstag, der Endtest
here the last words i have to learn
to end Kapitel 11 (elf)



and even though I won't miss
being out of my house
jeden Dienstag und Donnerstag um 8 Uhr und zurück um 20 Uhr...

i will indeed miss Frau Wrasidlo
and her marvelous lectures
always so throughly and efficient
again and again over the primary and secondary endings
over the strange word order in German sentences
and always highlights her classes with some German
cultural tidbits, comments over German idiosyncrasies
and some Berliners anecdotes...
indeed the best
'foreign Language' professor I ever had
and once of the best professors overall
of my whole career

sie ist eine fantastische Frau!
as you can read here in a couple of
students reviews

and what a treat when one finds a good professor
like Frau Barbara Wrasidlo
one of those who change one's life
because, yes, one can learn from books
from life, and even from the internet
but nothing like getting knowledge on the place
where knowledge was meant to be imparted
on a public school...
ah! i am pretty lucky to be an adult student
now that learning is not a duty
but a pleasure...
although i still complain while doing
Hausaufgabe and repeating

i consider myself pretty lucky
of have learned a little of German
such a schweres Sprache!

and even if i am too far from knowing the language well
at least i feel safe now to go to Germany
and say one of the most common phrases
in any language

ich möchte etwas zu essen
i would like something to eat
me gustaría algo de comer


oh what one does for love,
even learning Deutsch...

und etwas lieber
straight from Germany
Lieber Gruß!

california dreaming

heute nachmittag, um die Ecke meines Hauses
this afternoon, around the corner of my house
la tarde de hoy, a la vuelta de la esquina de mi casa





as the degrees rise
the california dreaming
rubs awake now
its sleepy eyes