muddy waters & james cotton. got my mojo working. [blues]

love this.

hiking and the magical tree. [travels]

two and a half years ago, my friend jess and i were hiking a trail along the coast near ucluelet and when we came across this tree we sat down a couple of feet away from it, enjoyed the sunlight that made its way through the branches and talked for quite a while. we talked about our dreams, our desire to break out of the confined space of everyday life, our shared dislike of the conventions that determine how we are supposed to live our lives and our (unconventional) hopes for the future. i like to think that this tree, magical, as it seemed to us somehow, is the keeper of the wishes it heard that day and that it will magically open up possibilities and new paths that we do not see yet but exist already. 

keepsakes that make me happy. [travels]

while i love traveling just for the sake of traveling i also love traveling because it always makes me aware of how much i love coming home and spending time with my family and my friends again. surrounding me with random things from my travels at home somehow helps me during times when i have what i call the "itchy-feet-syndrom" and just want to leave everything behind. i can look at everything and daydream wonderfully and, therefore, include my travel memories into everyday life, intertwining the two. 

more mississippi john hurt. [blues]

some of the loveliest live recordings:

the ballad of stagger lee:



avalon blues:



since i've laid my burdens down:

maps. planning. counting down days. [travels]

it's not the most ideal situation when your best friend in the world lives in vancouver. not generally speaking of course but if you yourself are living in zurich and the both of you do not have loads of money to throw out of the window for flights this is a bit of a problem. however, i was able to find a flight that i can actually afford and therefore i will be hanging out with my lovely faerie of the forests for three weeks. well, hanging out is not quite accurate. we will be finding out how far away from vancouver we can get on our bikes. the plan is to be near the ocean every single day since the ocean is our favourite thing ever and since the world is quite unfair sometimes, there is no ocean near zurich anywhere. so, we will be spending our days on our bikes, out in nature, camping out on beaches, collecting beach treasures, making bonfires and singing on the top of our voices together because that is another favourite thing of ours. for now, i will just occupy myself with studying maps, in anticipation of this overload of summer happiness. we will also be weird together, have insanely long talks about just virtually anything we can think of and do everything that can only be done with best friends. now, we just have to find a way to teach the bestest dog in the world to run next to a bike. although i have to say, if she is equally stubborn in this regard as she is with her refusal to ever learn how to swim this might prove to be really difficult. anyway, with or without dog, these three weeks will be amazing and i am sure that it won't rain. ever. not a single time during those weeks. ever.

 umarmig. du fehlsch da.    

aabig-sunne. [good things]

just before sunset is my favourite time of the day. 

evening sun.

wintersleep. listen [listen, listen]. [songs]

and even if the words don't sound right,
i will love you to the day my heart dies,
till the day my heart dies. 

and even of this ain't the right light,
you're prettier than anything,
you're prettier than anything that i'd
prettier than anything that i'd write.

there's something in the way our lips touch,
there's something in the way we're stuck together
and they don't build love like that no more.

you said you'd like it when the thunderstorms came,
said you'd like it if the thunderstorm just
pulled you piece by piece away.