Category Archives: USA

Film Review: “Minimalism”

Posted on 2020-05-15 by

Seeing guys with houses, cars and expensive phones talk about minimalism made me laugh. And there’s the minimalist version of my review of “Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things” already. Seriously, though, this is an important subject wasted on … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Films, USA | 4 Comments

Strangers in the Park

Posted on 2020-04-21 by

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 →

Posted in Austria, Bolivia, Life, Love, Photography, Romania, Serbia, Travel, USA | Tagged , , , , , | 21 Comments

Random Thoughts (24)

Posted on 2019-03-08 by

Good news: the days are getting longer. Unless you live in the Southern hemisphere, then you are doomed to darkness. And unless you live on the equator, in which case you are missing out on something fabulous. My sister asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Books, Brazil, Canada, Economics, Elections, Facebook, Feminism, Germany, Iran, Language, Politics, Religion, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Travel, UK, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

“Wild”, not a hiking movie

Posted on 2019-01-28 by

It’s winter and I am in a big city, so I felt like watching a movie about the outdoors and about hiking in anticipation of the coming summer. Wild, the story of Cheryl Strayed’s hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Music, USA | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

German Migration to the USA

Posted on 2019-01-07 by

Debates on migration often center on whether it is a good or a bad thing. I rather view migration as something completely normal. Migration has been a permanent component of human history. Over centuries, Germany, or rather the territories that … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Germany, History, USA | Tagged , , | 19 Comments

“Fear” by Bob Woodward

Posted on 2018-11-03 by

I am generally not a big fan of reading books on contemporary subjects, because books get better with a few years of hindsight. But for Bob Woodward’s book about the Trump presidency, Fear, I made an exception. Of all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Elections, Military, Politics, US election 2016, USA | Tagged | 4 Comments

“The Pastures of Heaven” by John Steinbeck

Posted on 2018-10-18 by

As if I had known how beautiful it would be in Venta Micena, Andalusia, I brought a book about a similarly beautiful valley to read during my stay: The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck. In this early work, first published … Continue reading →

Posted in Andalusia, Books, Photography, Spain, USA | 13 Comments

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

Posted on 2018-08-16 by

Sad news can be a reason to (re)watch one of the best films of all time.

Posted in Death, Films, Music, USA | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Montenegro is not “tiny”

Posted on 2018-02-22 by

Last night, a man threw a grenade at the US Embassy in Podgorica. Nobody was injured because it was midnight and everybody was at home. Disappointed to discover this, the man used his second amendment grenade to blow himself up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Montenegro, Terrorism, Travel, USA | Tagged | 28 Comments

Random Thoughts (21)

Posted on 2018-02-19 by

For writers, it must be saddening to see how ill-informed some people buy books. There seems to be a little bit of corruption in Montenegro. When I returned to university to study history at age 42, some were wondering what … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Education, History, Language, Montenegro, US election 2016 | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments