"(...), in the silence that enveloped me, forming a kind of vacuum all around me, I looked out the only window and saw two birds flying away together in the evening sky. Never in my life have I felt lonelier than at that moment." From SIBERIAN SHADOWS: 3 SHORT STORIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS #mondaymood #mondayblues #mondays #montage

~Deutsche Version unten~ Sun set over the roofs of a Spanish city. ~ Sonnenuntergang über den Dächern einer spanischen Stadt. #mondayblues #mondaymood #mondays #montage

~Deutsche Version unten~ The stories in the two semi-biographical books I have written, "Siberian Shadows - 3 Short Stories with Illustrations" and "Siberian Shadows - A True Tale of Necromancy", are almost all set close to the location shown in this photograph that one of my relatives, who has recently visited this part of Siberia, has sent my mother this morning. The sheer otherworldliness, the serenity and but also the somewhat oppressive quality of the scenery reminded me

~Deutsche Version unten~ I have spotted these two towers tonight in the rain and fog, and immediately thought they resemble Mordor, the realm of the villain in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings". ~ Heute Nacht habe ich diese zwei Türme im Regen und Nebel gesichtet und musste sofort an Mordor denken, das Königkreich des Bösewichts in Tolkiens "Herr der Ringe. #mondaynight #mondayblues #mondaymood #montagnacht #montage

~Deutsche Version unten~ Once on a Monday evening I was walking along this beach situated at the North Sea. In front of me the explosion of colours of the dying sun. And I was grateful to see and to smell and to savour the moment. A couple of days ago I have found a poem on gratitude in my inbox, sent by The Paris Review. Seeing the photograph of the sea sight that I have taken last year, I immediately associated this image with the following poem: Gratitude by Robert Cordin

~Deutsche Version unten~ Taking a walk with my daughter, I discovered this wonderful place bathed in the scintillating Spanish sun. ~ Als ich mit meiner Tochter spazieren gegangen bin, habe ich diesen wundervollen Ort entdeckt, der in der funkelnden spanischen Sonne badet. #mondaymorning #mondaymood #mondays #montagmorgen

~Deutsche Version unten~ #Mondayblues immediately gone with this gift from heaven that I captured among the trees. ~ Der #Montagsblues verschwand sofort, als ich dieses Geschenk des Himmels zwischen den Bäumen fand. #mondaymood #mondays #montage #montag

~Deutsche Version unten~ Walking along the shores of Cadiz on Monday night, a city so fascinating and magical, Havana was modeled after it, I was overwhelmed by the urge to continue the adventures of Irina the Gypsy. A couple of days later, the following (entirely unedited) words haunted my mind, not knowing if they will be part of this new novel, or of a totally different one: "The steady sound of the waves hugging the shore lulled her into a sleepy state of mind..." "They c