Daily Archives: 2 January, 2019

2019 arrived safely. As I wrote previously, my books have been in focus last year. It takes time to be able to look forward. To get a new focus. I need time to let the books settle, and then I can move forward. Maturation, maybe. Like a baking process which can be traced as far as to the Egyptians in 3000 BC.

First, to make the dough, then the yeasted dough rises, baking, and then fermentation again – the final proof is a continuation of yeast fermentation, which allows the molded dough piece to relax and expand. Furthermore, the remaining period of fermentation is called oven spring. Aroma development  of the bread has been found to be dependent on yeast concentration, mixing stage and fermentation time.

This is literally speaking. When I did my PhD studies, I was told this. Writing takes time and there are many ingredients making the final result. Like personal development which is difficult to pinpoint but could be described by fermentation.

The beginning of a New Year is for me associated with music. The Vienna New Year’s Concert which always include pieces from the Strauss family. Classical music is so beautiful and it can make me shiver if I am in the right mood. I would like to begin this New Year, 2019, with Pavarotti & friends. This unites my book, that I have dedicated to friends, with something beautiful such as music. And poetry.

Libretto (La donna è mobile)

Woman is fickle
Like a feather in the wind,
She changes her voice — and her mind.
Always sweet,
Pretty face,
In tears or in laughter, — she is always lying.
Always miserable
Is he who trusts her,
He who confides in her — his unwary heart!
Yet one never feels
Fully happy
Who on that bosom

— does not drink love!