Where would you like to go today?
This is another topic of interest to me, closely related to the topic of freedom in general. Bound by the rules of society and by our personal limitations, are we at least free to make simple choices? Can we freely choose ice cream or creme brulee for dessert? Apparently, this is one of the central…
This is just a short note for today. I am very interested in this topic and plan to write a book about it one day. But one has to start somewhere, right? Before discussing freedom, it seems helpful to define it. Although this seems quite obvious, it is far from simple. Freedom from something, like…
I haven’t read much fiction lately and cannot recall how I came across “The Elegance of the Hedgehog,” but what a gift it was. I never read anything else that was so hysterically funny and at the same time so profoundly sad. I could not wait to get back to it until turning the last…
We recently picked up a puppy. It was totally unplanned, really just a play of fate. On our way to Philadelphia, we stopped in Allentown to see my wife’s friend. It turned out that the friend was picking up two puppies out of a litter of six. Two of the other four were still available,…
I am starting my travelogue by walking back in time, from more recent trips to those in the past. We will see how far the memory takes me – hopefully, at least a few years. This summer’s vacation was truly grand and genuinely unforgettable. Three different countries in just over two weeks! It started in…