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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

I am Life

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michaela

The title of the movie “I am love “- Io son l’amore is a line taken from the aria ” La mamma morta” – listen to the music, read the libretto and be…..surprised. La mamma morta (Andrea Chénier) by Umberto … Continue reading →

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I am Love

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michaela

A movie about change that is set in motion by some seemingly random events – some protagonists resist, others go with it. Some decide to stay back in the hell they are in, others leave and are liberated. Intensity, details, … Continue reading →

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Prayers on a Runway

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michaela

by Lisa I love clothes but mostly I admire the art of designers, and creators of beautiful fabric. I don’t own many nice clothes except what I’ve bought second hand. No cashmere yet though I have given as a gift. … Continue reading →

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Sun Kisses

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michaela

What an electrifying relationship ! Valentine-kisses from the sun to the earth. Images of large auroras, created by the big solar storm that happened a few days ago. Auroras Image: National Geographic

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Masks allowed

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michaela

Carnival of Venice – – spectacle of masks. Nothing is as it appears to be as any form of identity is hidden.

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Erect no gravestone for him

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michaela

Erect no gavestone for him. Only this: let the rose blossom each year for his sake. For it is the god. His metamorphosis in this and that. We do not need to look for other names. It is Orpheus once … Continue reading →

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God what darkness

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michaela

Beethoven’s hero Florestan in the opera Fidelio laments the loss of his liberty for speaking the truth to power (1805)

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And then there were none

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michaela

Eleven  little Arab boys…. Challenged In the wake of the overthrow of the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt, here is a look at countries across the region. The process of change has been set in motion and the events of … Continue reading →

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Anguish

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Michaela

For our brothers & sisters in the Middle East R. Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Cheryl Studer; G. Sinopoli Schmerzen Anguish Sonne, weinest jeden Abend Dir die schönen Augen rot, Wenn im Meeresspiegel badend Dich erreicht der frühe Tod; Doch erstehst in … Continue reading →

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Fearlessness

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Michaela

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’—grace that … Continue reading →

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