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  • When up is down~

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    Doesn’t sometimes seem absolutely mind boggling that we actually walk, talk, eat and sleep on a huge ball? And it’s spinning so fast around its axis! And it’s whirling at a stunning speed around the sun! And is part of a galaxy that’s wizzing inside space to god knows where! How can anyone be ever…

  • fleeting moments~

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    Those fleeting moments that catch us; we choose to hold on to them; to encapsulate them in an image; the scenes that we freeze before they dissolve into the stream of flowing,moving life…

  • Derailed humanity~ Tokyo

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    The human story has its sad chapters; the ones that star as the unfortunate characters; the ones we look away from when we pass them in the streets. This post is for them; a gentle reminder…

  • The ultimate contradiction

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    We struggle to protect ourselves from what we perceive as threats only to balance those threats with what gives us pleasure. We tend to somehow negotiate a deal with ourselves that makes it all ok.

  • Day Two Hundred Sixty Seven, October 16, 2011

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    Clowns have been known to be around since the times of ancient Egypt, when the role of clown and priest were held by the same person. This points to a much more significant importance for the role of the clown which goes far beyond animal balloons and silly tricks. Through the deformation of certain features…

  • Day Two Hundred Fifty Eight, October 7, 2011

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    With history lives mystery, the unknown, the unexplained, the unanswered questions, the missing pieces of the puzzle, and it is fascinating to an inquisitive mind and to a fertile imagination. We are drawn magnetically to ancient sites, even as small children, we dream about the builders of the pyramids and picture them walking sideways as…

  • Day Two Hundred Nine, August 19, 2011

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    Seeing the state of our planet today, one cannot not be happy to see a power generating windmill! And Germany is filled with them. It is one of the first countries with a firm plan to close all nuclear power plants by the year 2022  after the Japanese disaster and survive totally from sustainable energy!…

  • Day Eighty Five, April 17, 2011

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    Today’s “pray for Japan” fund raising event was  huge success! A very inspiring happening with so many people and so much support, it left me feeling much more hopeful that the world can be a better place and  seeing that humans do care. It really is moving to see people moved by charitable causes and…

  • Day Eighty Four, April 16, 2011

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    Today we spent most of the day baking cookies for tomorrow’s fundraiser organized by the Japanese community in Shanghai to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake and Tsunami. Lea was such a great helper throughout, packing the cookies and preparing them in little bags and baskets. In her words, she must sleep very early…

  • Day Fifty One, March 14, 2011

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    Since the tragic earthquake happened in Japan a few days ago, I did my best to keep the details from Lea. The reason is that she tends to worry so much about things, I feared opening up the subject with her would lead to some sleepless nights and a whole amount of of worry much…