Tag : Daria

COVID-19: My story

This is me, while sick with Covid-19. Please note the tissue sticking out of my left pocket, lol. Yes, I know, I don’t appear particularly ill, even my family mentioned that, but as we know, looks can be deceiving [Spoiler Alert: I’ve had it already.] It was not a battle, but a slow burn. So how did the whole thing develop? It was the beginning of March 2020. I had been out and about: visiting malls, libraries, taking public transport, […]

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Early 2000s

My friend Anni was going through a shoebox full of pictures and found these gems back from the good old days when the Internet was still a nieche product, and when buying “Sugar” magazines, which were full of exciting content, not just commercials, was a whole-day event and a week-long anticipation. And when dressing like emo Charlie’s Angels or as a Japanese person for Halloween was still concidered okay – if not downright cool πŸ˜€ And of course back then […]

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Book out now!

After 5 years of hard work and endless hours of writing, rewriting and going a little crazy, I am proud to announce that I finally published my first book! Despite doubts, fears, blood, sweat and tears, I made it through. As John Wayne said, courage is not the absence of fear, but saddling up anyway. Check out my work on Amazon, it’s available worldwide. You can read the first 6 chapters in the kindle version to see if it’s something […]

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The search for meaning

I’ve sort of been in a state of artistic melancholia lately (perhaps because of hopelessly dark hours of the year, which I’m spending behind my computer screen, sipping cold coffee). Because of my current life situation, the existential emptiness has really hit me with a triple force this time. It has never been easy going through some life altering changes, and being in between cultures, countries and jobs made it even more difficult, but the recent events of my life […]

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Baked vegetarian eggplant and olive pasta casserole

This italian inspired recipe will be converting meat lovers to vegetarians! Oven baked vegetarian dish with olives, sun dried tomatoes and with healthy, fiber-rich whole wheat pasta is great for a romantic dinner or a family get-together.

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