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Bus stories 5 – Travelling by minibus in Myanmar - You just have to know!
-A Bus ride from Taunggyi to Nah Pyi Taw, Myanmar, April 2018- My husband and I were returning from Taunggyi to Nay Pyi Taw. After a few...
Aug 4, 20226 min read


Bus stories 2: Typical Gringa
A bus ride in the rainy season, Ecuador, April 1980 When the rainy season arrives in Ecuador, it pours down for hours. On one such rainy...
Aug 2, 20224 min read


Bus stories 3 – Panic and the Little Fat Man
– On the journey from Santa Marta to Barranquilla, Colombia, February 1988 – During my various stays in South America, I usually...
Aug 1, 20223 min read


Bus stories 1 – Saving Farts
A bus ride from Riobamba to Cuenca, Ecuador, May 1980 I had been sitting on the bus for an hour on the six-hour ride from Riobamba to...
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Recommended Reading – Post-war children
Sabine Bode: “Nachkriegskinder, die 1950er Jahrgänge und ihre Soldatenväter”, 2011, Verlag Klett-Cotta ISBN 978-3-608-94678-9....
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Recommended Reading – Children of the 30s and 40s tell their stories.
Barbara Halstenberg: “Alles schaukelt, der ganze Bunker schaukelt”. Die letzten Kriegskinder erzählen. (Translation: “Everything is...
Jun 24, 20223 min read
Recommended Reading – Russia’s position in the world in 2007
Peter Scholl-Latour: Russia in a Pincer Grip. Putin’s Empire between Nato, China and Islam. First edition 2007, 17th edition 2022,...
Jun 24, 20222 min read


An Advanced Care Directive – Just an Option?!
(DE) It's that time again. I am sitting at Inge's bedside in the intensive care unit, holding her hand. She is breathing heavily, has her...
May 18, 20228 min read


I will never be a LEMMING again!
– Associations and an emotional statement on the war in Ukraine – *A LEMMING is a crowd member with no originality or voice of their...
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Childhood in the Collective
(GDR/DE) My father was the formative and defining part of my childhood life. But he was never present. He was dominant through his...
Apr 6, 202223 min read


The Circus Prince
(DE) A few months ago, I quit my job as a social worker. I was tired and burnt out and fed up with taking care of other people’s...
Apr 4, 20228 min read


How do I write biographical stories – an exemplary guide
All beginnings are difficult, especially when writing texts and telling one’s own experiences. While in conversations, we find it easy to...
Feb 16, 202217 min read

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