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A Tale of two Countries.

As a migrant from Germany to Ecuador I have the privilege of hating two countries. Just kidding. Though both have their perks and flaws, I've come to a point th...

Turning off events.

What a week, yet again. Still in Germany, despite efforts, and got our tickets home to Ecuador for Tuesday now. Wish me luck... It's a gift. This unexpected ext...

Suffering Judgement.

>“The further we advance, the fewer are left do judge us.” I wrote that phrase about progress, working on oneself, but after a discussion with @socraticmthd I w...

Winter pics are almost B/W by default.

I always loved B/W photography, but noticed that there's a certain art to it. It's not just turning whatever into B/W, but finding the right motive that would a...

A Date with an Angel

The angel behind the counter seemed to have completely forgotten our recent fond encounter. I was about to pull out another twenty to save time, when the black-...

Does my 7 year old have super powers?

A solid question that every parent asks themselves at least 2 times a day. Generally, with a hefty chunk of cynicism in the tone of the voice in our heads. That...

Drying Showers.

This have been amazing 4 weeks. In the last 3 days, I've gotten a lot further with my mom's move, bringing some key furniture over to her new place. So, now I'm...

Snow.

Hello everyone! This is my first post about photography and honestly, I don't have much of a clue. Which means I have a lot of learning potential. I generally t...

Many Chances to Improve. Too many?

Yesterday wasn't my best day. Interestingly, it had to do with world politics, something that usually never affects me in any way. But this time it did, and qui...

More Snow in Space and Mind

And guess who's a happy girl? She was dancing in the snow, trying to catch them with her open mouth, built a miniature snowman, ran around and just enjoyed it. ...

Two Clients in Three Days — Both From Hell

A couple of days later, I sitting at my desk when I was shocked to see another client walking in to my humble place of business. Two in three days. That was a r...

Thank you, Hive!

This has been my first year writing on Hive, and you have no idea how much that helped me. I was always a writer in the sense that I expressed myself far better...

Thoughts on MA, Meditations, Book 3, Chapter 5

Never acting unwillingly nor hesitant is the result of a clean conscience which itself stems from a coherence between values and actions. It's more of an utopia...

RE - Suffering Math.

>Learning math is not about being able to calculate an integral. You'll probably never have to do that again. It's about solving problems, and that I can guaran...

KOTOR 2.

Remember that game? Knights of the Old Republic. At least for me it was the first game that I could PAUSE without really pausing, but making strategic decisions...

The Man with the Luminous Eyes — Chapter 1: The Client from Hell

Hello everyone. I'm JM; I've been writing for most of my life — and working on this project, off and on, for an embarrassingly long time. I've procrastinated on...

Today is a good day.

I finally got my good friend @socraticmthd to allow me to help him publish the probably final edit how his Novel "The Man with the Luminous Eyes" as a pre-read ...

Eine wahrhaft frohe Weihnacht. / A truly merry Christmas.

(English below) Alter, bin ich müde. Die von euch, die auch in den Feiertagen angekommen sind, haben bestimmt ein ähnliches Gefühl. Obwohl außer Mutti keiner vo...

A kind of Balrog.

I dissociate from myself, take a step back, looking at me and her arguing, surprised. See myself indulging in being mean, in hurting her, because it's easy, she...

Back in time.

There are quite a few things about being home that haven't changed. Things that stir up memories. Things that I will miss when back in Ecuador again. Things tha...