Tumble-down / All in a tumble

As you might have realized by now I can't seem (or rather, I find myself creatively unable) to create postings on this blog any longer. There is a possibility, however, to catch the odd snippet of my writings elsewhere. And this "elsewhere" is my tumblr. Please do follow, ask questions, reblog (if you happen to be on tumblr, yourself): coughandtwitch.tumblr.com

You and I

I never realized until now that we might be no strangers in our parents' homes but that they are in ours. My parents are never as comfortable in my house as I am in theirs, they shift and shuffle looking so utterly out of place that it makes me feel guilty for having invited them in the first place and thereby inflicting this agony upon them. This year, however, M. and I are spending a beautiful, calm little Christmas on our own, growing up quietly while being incurably childish at the same time. Yesterday I told him: "You know, I am so glad we met early in life, so I can forever be that 16-year-old girl and you the 20-year-old boy."

Flood

Life is rushing past me; these past months there has been neither enough space for too much grief nor for excessive joy, days have been roaring by incessantly, one nearly stumbling over the other. I've got a full-time job, I went to Berlin for a better one but was rejected, I worked a lot and worried even more and now this sudden gap of stand-still starting today and ending on Monday arrived quite forcefully and leaves me lightheaded. The day after tomorrow M and I will be leaving for London to go on our first ever more-than-one-day-trip. I haven't started packing yet, I haven't even started to breathe.

Source of the picture: http://munstersandghosts.tumblr.com

I heard you on the radio, I couldn't help but smile

After a whole year of desperately latching onto my words I have sent some of them away (on a thin safety line, however) to settle down in other people's heads. A short story written in German will be broadcast on Monday, May 23rd 10:30 p.m.* on hr2 (a German radio station). So if you have a little bit of space to fill I would be delighted if you listened to it.

* If you don't have a radio you can also listen to the live stream: Live Stream or record the programme with your computer: hr2 RadioRecorder

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Strawberries, sugar and cream

Confession: I have a sweet tooth. Very much so.