What is freedom?

By Dmitri

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…

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By Dmitri

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…

A dog’s life

By Dmitri

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,…

Summer vacation 2024 – Taipei

By Dmitri

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…

On friendship

By Dmitri

Long time no posting. A lot of things happened that kept me away. I am not sure why all my writing so far is on relationships. There are many other topics of great interest to me, but we will get to them later. Today, I would like to jot down a few thoughts about friendship.…