Category Archives: Life

Finding a new home in Chemnitz

Posted on 2023-12-16 by Andreas Moser

After years on the move, I decided to settle down for a few years.
For my abode, I chose Chemnitz, a totally underrated city which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Here is a first look. Continue reading →

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Slow Down!

Posted on 2022-07-01 by Andreas Moser

Photographed on my last New Year’s Eve hike.

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Ukrainian Tears

Posted on 2022-03-28 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. It’s been two years since I visited my friends Yaniv and Nastya in Odessa. Because of Covid, we hadn’t had any chance to meet since, but this spring we wanted to make it happen. In … Continue reading →

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The Bodhi Tree

Posted on 2021-12-09 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieser Erleuchtung. One or two weeks ago, I was sitting under a tree, smoking a cigar. When out of nowhere came a young man, one of those cool guys with a hoodie and a charming smile: “May … Continue reading →

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Learning Minimalism from the Kids

Posted on 2021-11-19 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. I have just started house and rabbit sitting for a family in Germany who will be flying to Tanzania for three months to work in a hospital there. After the family of five had packed seven suitcases … Continue reading →

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Hermit for Hire

Posted on 2020-12-29 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Of the name of this blog, the hermit part actually suits me better than the happy part. Or, to be more precise, happiness often depends on hermitness. It’s becoming increasingly harder to become hermity, though, not least … Continue reading →

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But what about the Comet?

Posted on 2020-07-22 by Andreas Moser

A flashback into the good old times… Continue reading →

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Finding myself in Maugham

Posted on 2020-06-01 by Andreas Moser

One and a half winters ago, on a cold day in Calgary, I found a treasure trove of books by the side of the road. I walked home, through ice and snow and wind, with three little gems by William … Continue reading →

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Strangers in the Park

Posted on 2020-04-21 by Andreas Moser

Hier geht es zur deutschen Fassung dieser Geschichte. I had two days left in Boston before returning to Germany, and I didn’t know anybody in the city. The year was 2009 and, as far as I knew, the internet hadn’t … Continue reading →

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My first Writing Job

Posted on 2020-02-29 by Andreas Moser

When I was 13 years or so, I had a friend. That friend had a girlfriend, of sorts. I didn’t know her because she went to a different high school than us, and our high school was the limit of … Continue reading →

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