Writer Between Worlds

Soulful writing about humans and places

Category: Society

Thought of the day

“The willingness to change one’s identity, or at least add a second identity – perhaps one of the most painful psychological experiences humans can encounter but also one of the most liberating – is shaped first and foremost by the willingness of the host culture to accept the immigrant into the community. As long as…
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Ouă “împistrite” şi “încondeiate”: The Romanian tradition of Easter egg painting

Munich, 20.03.2015. The Romanian General Consulate hosted an exhibition and hands-on demonstration of the craft by folk artist Letitia Orsivschi – the founder of Romania’s unique “Egg Museum” (which holds 6000 decorated eggs from all over the world). SEE HOW IT’S DONE! // UND SO WIRD’S GEMACHT! (siehe unten) Below, an excerpt of the actual videotaped…
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Munich, 70 years after Auschwitz…

Today, 27.01.2015, is the 70th commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz. Glimpses caught yesterday in the city that witnessed the rise of national socialism all those years ago and which now takes pride in its vivid diversity and its Anti-Bagida movement. On my way home, I saw a man meditate in the subway station. He was sitting upright…
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Winter in Harlaching

Iarna in Harlaching … and overnight… … si peste noapte… … so now… … iar acum…
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The road to excellence

“DESIRE is the starting point of all achievement; not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire that transcends everything” – Napoleon Hill Why don’t I see enough people around me in whom this desire pulsates anymore? Not even the young ones. Benjamin Disraeli once said that there is no education like adversity. Is…
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The commercialization of Christmas…

… the commercialization of life. Living in constant temptation. Craving and crushed by the “loss” of not getting it all. Exhausted by the pain of giving up that which we never had in the first place. Chasing peer-sanctioned matter. Arduously. Everything becomes a purpose in itself, and none of it is real. Cosmetics to mask…
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R.I.P. Unfi!

Our dog died yesterday. He was our first. We did’t even know what to do with him in the beginning. We learned. He lived to be 17 and a half years old – the stray puppy that had once looked like a small strange rat. He died naturally, of old age. He was completely blind,…
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Deutschland – Servicewüste?

Another glorious day for German sales services and German sales people. So I’ve been sick for a week and I’m entering the pharmacy to get some vitamin gummy bears and maybe a nose spray. The only shop assistant present is busy going through the entire cosmetics product range with a middle-aged woman. Besides me, there…
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The Measure of a Man

Lest we forget, in the hustle and bustle of our lives: “Not – How did he die? But – How did he live? Not – What did he gain? But – What did he give? These are the units to measure the worth Of a man, regardless of birth. Not – What was his station?…
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From Transylvania to Auschwitz, by bike

In memory of Eva Heyman. Who’s Eva Heyman? Don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of her either, until this friend of mine from Cluj, Romania, shared with me his dream of pedaling to Auschwitz in her honor. Eva Heyman was 13 years old, and she kept a diary. Read the full story here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/from-transilvanya-to-auschwitz-by-bike And if…
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Romania 2014 – First impressions – Cheile Nerei National Park

Visit, enjoy, and PLEASE take your garbage back home with you… especially during high season. (Aviz mai ales plimbaretilor in espadrile, cu berea si tigarile (!) dupa ei. Daca ati putut cara dozele pline cu bautura si lubenitele de 5 chile in sus, e asa de greu sa carati cojile şi ambalajele goale in jos? Ati mancat,…
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Romania 2014 – First impressions – Timisoara

Happy visiting! :-) Copyright photos: Andreea Sepi and Armand Csordas.
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