"(...), 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

#mondaynight #mondayevening #mondays #montagabend #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~ #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~ After having lived in Barcelona for only a month, on our last night on a Monday in this city we strolled through the streets near the train to the mountain Tibidabo where I have come across this beautiful building among the trees and bushes. ~ Nachdem wir nur einen Monat in Barcelona gelebt haben, sind wir in der letzten Nacht an einem Montag in dieser Stadt durch die Straßen flaniert, wo der Zug zum Berg Tibidabo fährt. Dort habe ich dieses wundersch

~Deutsche Version unten~ I had the privilege to participate in a private tour through the Teatro Real in Madrid. Truly a place where art in all its forms can breathe from every corner! ~ Ich hatte das Privileg an einer privaten Führung durch das Opernhaus in Madrid teilzunehmen. Dies ist wahrhaftig ein Ort, wo die Kunst in all ihren Formen aus jedem Winkel atmen kann! #mondayoff #mondays #mondaymorning #montagmorgen #montage