I met a man on a steam train

...and I didn't even ask his name

20 grams of holy water

A curved cobblestone road led to a fairy-tale stone bridge and the brick building of the blessed spring with a small tiled pool marked with a cross. It was dry.

A Miniature of Vodka and a Mountain of Snow

Winter is coming, reminiscing, elk jerky is quite nice, actually.

Wheels Up for Raclette

What if everything I loved suddenly appeared on the slope of a Swiss mountain?

To the Eight-Year-Old Girl in the Supermarket Parking Lot

On Nostalgia and Star Trek

(Or what I was doing when I wasn’t here)

The Perils of Strawberry Wine

Somehow shopping at the central market never gets any easier.

Gulls vs Corvids: The Video

User discretion advised. War is hell.

Gulls vs Corvids

I might have picked the wrong side.

Off the Rails: The Iron Horse and the Iron Curtain

Cabbages and Communication

Vegetables have never been so exciting.

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