summer tunes: the boom booms

sit in the sun, drink some cold beer and listen to this.
there's a high chance your day gets instantly better.
i think summer is coming.

okay? okay.

i am so so looking forward to see this movie.
i read the book three times and this beautiful, sad story didn't cease to bewitch me.

the fault in a stars is a book by john green and it tells the story of hazel grace lancaster,
who is a sixteen year old cancer survivor.
i think cancer is such a big issue in our society which affects so many people and john green does a great job by telling this story of a girl who has cancer, but also of a girl who falls in love, who likes to read, who gets annoyed at her parents - just a normal teenager.

i think when thinking about cancer, especially children with cancer, one can feel very overwhelmed and helpless.
i therefore want to share about what my friend siân is doing: she decided to chop off her beautiful long hair and donate it to the princess trust which makes wigs for young cancer sufferers and she is fundraising money for yorkshire cancer research. you can find out more and donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/Sianhair

to say it in john green's words: let's decrease world suck. and don't forget to be awesome.

tunes: judith holofernes

judith holofernes new album 'ein leichtes schwert' has been my holiday soundtrack these last three weeks. it is remarkable how this woman seems to always write songs that perfectly describe how i feel. i definitely recommend getting the cd. every single song is amazing.

words for home

one of the things i miss most about being in germany is speaking german. i have always been a lover of language and of german in particular, and whenever i am here to visit, when i am immersed in this beautiful language i find myself after a few days with my head full of words and verses and so i wrote this poem. for those of you who might not speak german: it is a poem about origins, about belonging and words and what they can change.

hope you all have a beautiful day!

i'm back

hey ho hello.
this has been quite a long blogging break, life was filled with writing essays and revising. i still have quite a lot of work to do until june but i missed blogging too much and the last couple of weeks have been full of ideas and things i would like to share here.

for now, i just leave you with some beautiful impressions from my easter vacation in germany: