The Old Lady in the Mirror

The Old Lady in the Mirror Many years ago, I worked for a man who became my mentor and trained me in my first years of employment as a professional. He was a charismatic man in many respects and he liked to talk. He could talk endlessly and had many good things to say. One […]

REMORSE

REMORSE For the longest time I believed I was cursed. Not cursed by ill fate, bad luck or bad health, but cursed for what I had done in the past. I have done things that I am not proud of. By that I do not mean the typical regret that one has for bad decisions […]

PERPETUAL WARS

PERPETUAL WARS Wars are constant, with bombs and fire young soldiers fighting, short of breath sitting frightened facing, a situation dire however brave, most meet their death.

The Tragic House in Kleingemund

The Tragic House in Kleingemund Back in the summer of 1981 my family stayed in a house in Kleingemund, just west of Heidelberg, Germany. If you walk up SaarstraBe from the main road by the river, you turn left into “Im Franz Vollmer” street, and then it’s the second house of your right. We were […]