Thunderstorms and A Pillow-Cased Cat

For those who chanced to be awake or were awakened last night, here in Berlin there was a not-often-experienced in January weather situation called a thunderstorm. Returning home late (in other cities perhaps, but not especially so here) after midnight I arrived home and being wiser than usual decided to completely turn the computer off, […]

2012 in Review at Redhaircrow.com

Considering its my birthday, and despite starting a 2nd week with the flu, I thought I’d share this site’s stats for my general post. A stat that stood out for me? I had visitors from 98 countries: thank you for taking the time to drop by. No, I don’t have a great number of visitors […]

Idle No More In Germany

Note: Idle No More is definitely global, and natives 1st Nations and others from the Americas support it and welcome those around the world who also feel this important cause. One of the things being asked however, is that Native American traditions, songs, dances, ceremonies history, etc. be respected. We do not in any way […]

Poem: Conversation With A Former Nazi

I began this poem after briefly sketching down some ideas following an encounter on the way to work. I live in Berlin, must take the M-10 tram from Frankfurter Tor to my stop on Danzigerstraße. One morning, average number of people on the tram, I was standing at one end with a quite older man […]

Berlin’s First Real Snow of the Year: Am Volkspark Wilmersdorf

It’s the neighborhood where I used to live, so there are fond memories of it: near Bundesplatz in Wilmersdorf…a southwestern district of Berlin.  Also it’s one of the major setting in my upcoming release, novel, The Agony of Joy, for which I took photos of the paths my characters walked and where they lived in […]