Photographs & Memories

Porto Alegre, 18 March 2025 As you start to walk on the way, the way appears Rumi

Santa Cruz do Su, 28 December 2022 I think politics is too complicated for logic. This Ten-year plan, he talks about. As though the world made sense. As though the future could be controlled, while we all know it can't  – even on the simplest level it can't. John Collee: The Rig

Santa Cruz do Sul, 10 February 2025 The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Santa Cruz do Sul, 6 March 2025 H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism: “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

  Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, 28 February 2026 I took several shots of this exotic plant, was quite happy about them, yet when I returned to my hotel room to have a closer look at them I felt slightly disappointed. So the next day I took off again and decided to try a variety of angles. An example of what came out of it, you'll see above.

Santa Cruz do Sul, 3. März 2025 Die Politik war in ihren Augen eine Tätigkeit für Rentner oder Snobs, ein Hobby, irgendwo zwischen dem Sammeln von Briefmarken und Golf angesiedelt. Man muss viel Zeit haben, sagte sie, um sich für Männer zu interessieren, die sich einen Dreck um andere scheren. Und Marie hatte viel zu wenig Zeit, um sie mit Diskussionen über Dinge zu vergeuden, die sowieso nichts brachten. Jean-Paul Dubois:  Ein französisches Leben

  Porrentruy, 1 July 2026 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first ti me. T.S. Eliot