The ultimate buscavida berry (bon vivant, in German "Lebenskünstler") You belong to no one; you grow where you please. Your determination to thrive anywhere is unstoppable; you are nearly impossible…
After spending a month on La Palma, it was time for me to move on. The viewpoints there seemed a bit limited; I'm not sure if there's a correlation with…
La Palma and its treasures The patience-teaching silent-retreat ferry Why book an expensive room when you have a good sleeping bag and mattress? Just bring your sleeping mask; it was…
While most of my articles are more on life around me, this article is on the life in me. So often, I forget about this ongoing process, this force without…
You enabled life on the edge, you created one of the most vulnerable ecosystems with niches adapted to a rough life up in great heights. But these life communities are…
My PhD brought me not only to Spain but also to Italy through a 2-year stay at the European Commission's research center at the Lago Maggiore. The resesarch centre there…
When woofing in Puglia harvesting olives, meeting farmers loosing their family heritage, loosing their beloved trees to Xylella, a bacterial pathogen fast spreading in the South of Italy since 2013.…
Two years of gardening in Italy: From first harvest joys to being gardening burnt-out Gardening. As a child/teenager, I connected gardening mostly to some unnecessary, expensive, artificial looking ornamental flower…
Encounters with some incredible beautiful colours of life on the Lykken way indulging in wild carobs, forging new friendships that transcended language barriers, marveling at hatching sea turtles, engaging in…
What was on your plate for your last meal? Food concerns us all: we all eat, and we all make food decisions multiple times per day. While for some people…
Just with the onset of Covid, I finished my Masters. The pandemic postponed my PhD leaving me with lots of time and less options to run away. Sometimes being stuck…
It took me four years to process and I believe I have only begun to grasp the myriad perspectives, colors, smells, and diversity I encountered during my time in India.…