Every time I go to Paris, I am troubled. First of all, I love it. This would be a trite statement to make were it not for the fact that Paris is like Home City. They only differ by some 800 years of e… more →
"... neither reveals nor conceals"Loxias wrote 1 week ago: Every time I go to Paris, I am troubled. First of all, I love it. This would be a trite statement to … more →
Loxias wrote 2 months ago: Tonight I saw again a film that was in my top five during my youth, Wings of Desire. I hadn’t … more →
Loxias wrote 2 months ago: Quite unexpectedly, this being my eighth autumn here, it has been rainy for the last week or so: a t … more →
Loxias wrote 3 months ago: No matter how glorious our summers are, they draw to a close on a plane making a right turn over Cap … more →
Loxias wrote 3 months ago: Back to the Abode from Cologne. I met the Great Wizard and, even, Jorge, who was visiting a friend i … more →
Loxias wrote 4 months ago: On the train to Berlin, I am thinking of the past week in Cologne. Although I have seen very little … more →
Loxias wrote 5 months ago: I have just made myself a martini. Alas, by now I make them much better than in most places this sid … more →
Loxias wrote 5 months ago: This is the last night in Stuttgart. I have an early start tomorrow. I just packed my suitcase, alwa … more →
Loxias wrote 5 months ago: I am in Stuttgart for work. The Professorin in charge of the meeting announced to us yesterday morni … more →
Loxias wrote 6 months ago: Because my work intermeshes with my daily life, there is hardly ever a way to tell when one ends and … more →
Loxias wrote 7 months ago: Last night I had dinner with an idealist diplomat, also a man of principles. He was remarkable in hi … more →
Loxias wrote 8 months ago: Last weekend I was in Home City, trying to shake off the tedium, tiredness and paranoia accrued on m … more →
Loxias wrote 9 months ago: Here in the claustrophobia of my island exile I have finally learned one thing, a thing that has qui … more →
Loxias wrote 9 months ago: I tried both a steam bath and sauna yesterday. The steam bath felt like Dixie meets Riyadh, my own p … more →
Loxias wrote 10 months ago: A very apt illustration of why I endured five years of poverty in and around London. And why I would … more →
Loxias wrote 11 months ago: When I first landed here, almost seven years ago, it was all empty streets. No seriously. People wou … more →
Loxias wrote 11 months ago: Originally uploaded by fjordscape. God, how dearly do I miss winter. … more →
Loxias wrote 1 year ago: Life has taken up a unique texture recently. Mortality has discretely made its presence known and st … more →
Loxias wrote 1 year ago: Jod managed to trick me into a surprise birthday party, again. For the first time since 2003 I felt … more →