She was reading intensely on her phone, the nurse who sat slouched beside me in one of the staff room’s soft chairs. You know those that automatically will trigger your body into taking a position that is profoundly unhelpful in just about every single way. That will worsen your posture, tense your neck and as they force your chest to collapse, turn your breathing shallow and inefficient. As …
Brave new Corona world
Dear blog reader When this message reaches you, I might no longer be here. As also you might not. The Corona has been unleashed and it will eventually kill us all, if not after lunch probably tomorrow, next week or before summer at the very latest. And if it won’t it will be worse. Hell, they say, is a place without toilet tissue and that’s where I’ll be heading rather soon as my …
“That’s not how it works!”
I was standing in the wake-up room in a well-known, renowned hospital in the middle of London. I’d been looking after a little darling and his nervous parents and at last, after an hour or two of both empathic and chemical tender love and care, everyone felt much better. The little one’s tears were dried. The mother’s tense shoulders had relaxed and I was happy and proud with mine and my …
I hardly ever go to the doctor…
There was a party. I had kindly been invited to celebrate someone's birthday and I drank and chatted merrily. As the topic turned to Brexit I happened to express partial undestanding for the Brexit vote and quickly it was made clear that I was the only person in the room hosting such outlandish views... Oh dear, the tough discussion environment warranted more drinks I believe, and as the beers …
Tel Aviv
Built up on sand dunes just over one hundred years ago, its tolerance has become world famous. Religion, way of life and sexual desires are free to be expressed as wished. Impatiently bustling with creativity and forever looking ahead; it refuses to stagnate. Nervously looking around, eager not to miss out; it constantly evolves and charges forward. Too busy to sleep means always on the ready, …
Happy Christmas
2000 years ago a certain Jewish man was born just outside Jerusalem. It's been an awful lot of noise about this ever since. Let me add to the commotion with my favourite Christmas carol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGFlMvrBPE …
