~Deutsche Version unten~ As many of my readers might know already, almost all the stories that I write are inspired in one way or the other by true events. I write "inspired" because these events have happened many, many years ago, and nobody knows what had really happened in those times to those people. The two people in this old, extremely damaged photograph are Johann and Emma, my great-grandfather and his second wife, the protagonists in the short story "Emma" in my book

"I was completely dumbfounded when his wife decided to leave him. Never, not even in my wildest daydreams did I imagine that a woman could choose to leave her husband. When Berta left, my admiration for her grew. How she found the strength to leave, I don’t know. I have never been that strong. I let things happen to me; I don’t make things happen. The day she left, his eyes lost their peculiar shimmer." Extract from SIBERIAN SHADOWS - 3 SHORT STORIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS #tbt #

~Deutsche Version unten~ "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." - Edgar Allan Poe I am currently reading Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Imagination and Mystery". When I discovered this picture I have taken last year, its scenery immediately reminded me of Poe's eerie and phantasmagorical literary world to which the quote mentioned above fits perfectly. ~ "Alles, was uns anblickt aus dem Weltenraum, ist ein Traum in einem Traum." - Edgar Allan Poe Momentan lese

#holland #thenetherlands #utrecht #tbt #throwbackthursday #donnerstage

A poem I have written for my in-laws after visiting them in Sevilla: "Sevilla, In her warm embrace I discover my innermost secrets. In her sensuous scents, My dreams, declared long-lost, Rise to consciousness again. In the tranquility of her alleys, Whispers of love caress me. And to think that you once wandered this Wondrous place of flower cascades and Fragile Oranges, This, my love, Seals my love for you. For the heart of life beats in her, in Sevilla." #tbt #

~Deutsche Version unten~ A full moon gracing the night sky in Barcelona on the last evening before I left the city. ~ Ein Vollmond schmückt den Nachthimmel in Barcelona am letzten Abend before ich die Stadt verließ. #tbt #throwbackthursday #donnerstage #thursdaynight

~Deutsche Version unten~ Two years ago when I was looking through old family photographs, I have come across this wonderful shot of my mother that was taken near a lake. I immediately decided that this picture is worth being on a cover, and so it is now the cover image of my short story collection SIBERIAN SHADOWS: 3 SHORT STORIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. ~ Als ich vor zwei Jahren durch eines der vielen Familienalben gegangen bin, fand ich diese wunderbare Aufnahme meiner Mutter,

~Deutsche Version unten~ Rummaging through my older writings, I found a poem that fits this picture I have taken more than a ear ago in the Devil's Gorge, a nature park in Germany: "Lay me to die in a barren field. Find dry branches for my grave. Don’t cover my eyes with golden coins. Charon will wait in vain." ~ Als ich durch meine älteren Schriften gestöbert habe, fand ich ein Gedicht, das zu dem Foto passt, das ich letztes Jahr in der Teufelsschlucht, einem Naturpark in De

~Deutsche Version unten~ Getting ready for the professional author's photo shoot. ~ Kurz vor meinem ersten professionellen Fotoshooting für mein Autorenfoto. #tbt #throwbackthursday #thursdays #donnerstage

~Deutsche Version unten~ Strolling through the magnificent gardens of the Alcázar of Seville last year in May, I stumbled upon this majestic creature, trying to blend in with its surroundings in vain - its feathers are of such otherworldly beauty that it will always resemble a creature that must have been born out of one of God's entirely excessive and extravagant ideas. ~ Als ich letztes Jahr im Mai durch die Gärten des Alcázar von Seville spazieren gegangen war, bin ich auf