Category: daily life
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The cruel visit of time
Time—entity, social construct—has its ways of deceiving us. It doesn’t announce itself, appearing subtly in the cracks of a sign, in the fading colors in the political ads in quiet corners of the city, and in the rusted layers of metal exposed in the side walls of old buildings when the neighboring buildings give way to…
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grasshoppers in the north
A couple of months ago I went to a cocktail party with a friend. It was a house party, but the host treated us to an array of cocktails that were definitely not the kind you would expect in a house party. It tasted professional. As the host catched everybody’s orders and such, I asked…
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notes on watching birds and people
(Written in April 2023 and May 2024) People, like birds, are fun to watch. From the perspective of someone who hates to be observed, being on the other side of things is quite fun. In the past few weeks, my life has been through a lot—not on the negative side, though. It’s only a lot.…
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pond sessions
a couple of months ago i had this idea to buy a couple of cute little yellow ducks, the same ones you may often see in those bath scenes for comedies or children’s series, and try to take some pictures at this stream that runs through the southern part of my university. somehow being able…
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strawberries to the people
it’s early afternoon on a late autumn weekday. i am surrounded by my thoughts, a couple of books, and an empty mug where there was some mix of chai and coffee until some minutes ago. i look at the white ceiling, contemplating what to do next. i don’t have much to do. it’s a weekday…
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steam spirals
When I wrote this text, it was a Japanese holiday called Greenery Day (May 4th). Supposedly a holiday to make people engage more with nature. Most likely a holiday set up during the 1970s to make the average Japanese, in an increasingly urbanized country, go to the beach or to the countryside to enjoy the…
fernando ursine 