When visiting another country, I show my appreciation for ‹foreign› people and their culture by trying to thank, greet, and...
Thee heaven appears in ‹Faust› three times: at the beginning, when God and Mephisto negotiate the soul of Faust, at...
In the silence during a taxi ride from Herdecke Community Hospital, the taxi driver softly says, “If I were sick, I would go to this hospital too.” — “Why? Have you had good experiences here?” — “No, but the people I pick up from here smile.” Another example: in the...
Jean appears, hand outstretched and a shining hat of light on his head—a special hat that perhaps only I can...
Just after the sun sets, the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, can be seen shining in the western sky...
Considering how politely some chat apps answer us, the question came up in one of our editors’ meetings: should we say “thank you” back? My father gave names to our household machines. He spoke appreciatively to our cars when they got us safely from here to there. I had to...
A new flute was invented in China. A Japanese master, upon hearing the beauty of its sound, took the flute...
Over on a somewhat isolated shelf in my family’s kitchen, you’ll find the cookbooks. They don’t get much attention, except...
Hanns Dieter Hüsch was a German poetic cabaret artist, book author, and actor. He was born the year Rudolf Steiner died [1925] and went on to narrate the century on a thousand small stages and late-night TV programs. The titles of his books portray his spirit: Das Schwere leicht gesagt...
Michael is on his way. He now understands that drug counseling doesn’t mean that, instead of the drugs, now I...
The Bavarian singer-songwriter Werner Schmidbauer calls himself a “collector of moments” [Momentensammler] in his song of the same name. This...
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