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My Picky Eater

I posted on Instagram recently that I need help with my son’s eating habits these days. I have received some help via emails. Apparently nobody wants to use the comment box below the articles. 😀 Here is what I have learned and I want to share…

The Book Review: “Radio Congo” by Ben Rawlence

“We leave the mission compound and drive across a packed mud square strewn with schoolchildren in blue uniforms. The walls of the cathedral, which looks as though it was transported whole from Belgium, are decorated with graceful cars of bullet holes and the roof sports…

Guest Writers

guest writers

Hey all of you out there! I love to hear from you. Do you have a great story or poem to share? I started “Guest Writers” on my blog and would love to publish your work here for everybody to read. Just sent me an email with your writing/poetry/art, name and email address to info@sometimesraw.com (easily accessible under Contacts) and I would love to share it for you on my website! Read the first poem here.

LE PACTE DE LA PLAGE

par Gabriel Volny

Sur cette plage nous étions seuls au monde.

Notre seule vision, l’ocĂ©an devant, Ă  gauche le sable, Ă  droite, le sable, et dans notre dos, la forĂȘt, luxuriante, toute en accord par sa beautĂ© avec la blancheur de notre tapis minĂ©ral et l’air paisible de l’étendue marine.

Notre abri était planté là, au milieu de nul part !

Nous étions là, assis face à un soleil couchant


Nulle envie d’accrocher sur la pellicule cet instant, il se gravait en nous ! Souvenir permanent qu’aucun album n’aurait pu de toute façon contenir !

Nous avions notre plage ! Nous avions notre océan ! Nous étions les maßtres de notre monde !

Venus pour un simple picnic, nous avions de l’appĂ©tit pour toute une vie


Je n’avais jamais partagĂ© ce genre d’instant avec quiconque, mais lĂ , j’étais aussi bien que seul !

Nul besoin de combler les moments de silence, nous pensions à tout et à rien à la fois, souriant béatement de temps à autre.

Cet instant d’éternitĂ© nous ravissait !

Nos regards balayant l’horizon se croisaient et s’accrochaient l’un Ă  l’autre dans un silence angĂ©lique bercĂ© par le flux et le reflux des vagues qui caressaient la plage.

Cent pour cent de nos sens et de tout ce qui nous compose était en éveil !

Le soleil laissait sa place Ă  une lune toute aussi pleine.

Le ciel ne rejoignait pas encore l’eau que, dĂ©jĂ  les Ă©toiles Ă©touffĂ©es par la clartĂ© de l’astre lunaire luisaient sur nos tĂȘtes.

Le panel cĂ©leste s’étendait et s’étiolait du noir profond, au rouge irisĂ©, en passant par toutes les variantes de bleu et d’orange.

La nature faisait son propre morphing, nous volant nos couleurs pour les remplacer par un magnifique dégradé de gris scintillant, qui donnait cet aspect phosphorescent à tout ce qui était plus clair que son propre environnement.

Nous Ă©tions deux, mais ne formant qu’un, nous Ă©tions immortels !

L’air se rafraĂźchissant nous contraignit Ă  nous rĂ©fugier l’un contre l’autre sous un deuxiĂšme sac de couchage.

Cette nĂ©cessitĂ© Ă©tait tolĂ©rable, nous Ă©tions toujours si bien l’un contre l’autre, tout devenait prĂ©texte Ă  nous rapprocher


Eussions nous Ă©tĂ© en hivers que nous ne serions pas partis avec plus d’effets pour nous retrouver dans telle situation.

NouĂ©s, avec nos seules tĂȘtes qui dĂ©passaient en partie du duvet, nous aurions pu tenir une Ă©ternitĂ© de plus, mais la proximitĂ© de nos deux corps, nos parfums mĂ©langĂ©s, faisant office d’excitant, les battements Ă  l’unissons de nos cƓurs accĂ©lĂ©rant, son souffle chaud sur mon bras, le mien dans son cou, trop d’élĂ©ments insurmontables pour qui n’a plus Ă  se retenir !

Déjà nos mains commençaient à chercher des parcelles de peau à effleurer, à trouver des doigts auxquels se mélanger, à trouver des nuques, des dos et des cheveux à caresser.

Déjà, nous ne nous appartenions plus !

Nos vĂȘtements commençaient Ă  glisser et Ă  se retrouver dans le sable.

DĂ©jĂ  notre fiĂšvre nous brĂ»lait et nous emportait dans une lutte sensuelle qu’un seul acte pourrait faire cesser.

Notre seule issue, nous aimer, nous abandonner Ă  des convulsions qui me feraient mourir en elle.

Nos lĂšvres avaient une saveur splendide, aiguisĂ©es par les multiples morsures, elles devenaient des outils de plaisirs qui, oĂč qu’elles se posaient, nous faisaient gĂ©mir, frĂ©mir l’ensemble de notre Ă©piderme et dĂ©chirer les muscles de nos reins.

Elle n’eut pas besoin de me guider en elle, nos corps Ă©taient faits pour s’entendre, et, la brĂ»lure qui s’en suivit irradia chacune de nos particules.

Nul ne dirigeait, nul n’était menĂ© ! Nous avions les mĂȘmes envies au mĂȘme moment.

Nos mains continuant de nous explorer, bouches scellĂ©es dans un unique baiser, nous nous fixions du regard, parcourant chacun la moitiĂ© de la distance qui sĂ©parait nos bassins pour nous heurter violemment, provoquant une onde de plaisir qui rĂ©sonnait partout en nous, pour s’arrĂȘter dans nos doigts qui se crispaient les uns aux autres pour transmettre en boucle jusqu’à la plus petite trĂ©pidation.

Nous jouissions sans fin, à un tel point que le moindre souffle sur nos peaux était source de plaisir.

Combien d’annĂ©es d’énergie se dĂ©gageaient de nous ! ? Il y avait le solaire et nous !

Mais nous, notre source, elle, était intarissable ! Infinie !

Peu nous importait du sort de la planĂšte, peu nous importait que nous ne soyons pas lĂ  en vacances !

La seule chose qui existait c’était cet ĂȘtre magnifique que nous formions ! Parfait ! Puissant ! Immortel !

Nul besoin d’apprentissage, comme si nous avions les plans de nos corps gravĂ©s en nous.

Nul geste n’était perdu !

Nous ne cherchions pas, nous passions d’un point Ă  un autre sans aucune hĂ©sitation.

Avec le recul, toutes les expĂ©riences que j’avais pu avoir, ressortaient comme n’ayant Ă©tĂ© que de vagues prĂ©parations Ă  son corps !

Ma mémoire dorénavant se limiterait à elle.

Mon envie, commandĂ©e Ă  prĂ©sent par l’Amour que je dĂ©couvrais se limiterait Ă  elle.

Je m’étais laissĂ© domptĂ© ! Alors oui, elle pouvait prendre ma vie, elle me l’avait fait dĂ©couvrir, et c’était ni plus ni moins que ce que je lui offrais !

J’étais aspirĂ©, au-delĂ  de toute souffrance et de tout plaisir, c’était l’extase.

Nous Ă©tions chacun la piĂšce du puzzle qui manquait Ă  l’autre, la derniĂšre ! Ainsi mĂ©langĂ©s, nous en formions un nouveau, beaucoup plus grand, beaucoup plus beau.

Nous vinrent une premiùre fois ensemble, mes os se brisùrent, j’explosais, j’implosais !

Ses jambes rejointes sur mon dos, ses doigts pénétrant la chair sur mes omoplates, elle me fit entrer au plus profond !

Dans cette étreinte, elle acceptait mon offrande, nous pactisions !

Elle me recevait en elle et ne voulait plus que j’en sorte. Eussais-je voulu, que sa force dĂ©cuplĂ©e m’aurait rĂ©duit Ă  l’état de victime de l’Amour.

Je n’avais plus droit Ă  la dĂ©cision, j’avais offert, elle avait acceptĂ©, j’étais Ă  elle, et heureux de l’ĂȘtre !

Je me laissais donc mourir


Combien de temps aprĂšs, je ne sais pas, une demie heure, une heure, deux heures, son Ă©treinte se desserra peu Ă  peu et elle s’endormit dans le creux de mes bras.
Je restais un long moment Ă  la contempler dans son sommeil paisible, lui caressant les cheveux, puis, la rejoignis.

Have you heard….

….that the bird is the word? No, just kidding. About this book, you guys? I cannot believe I haven’t read this yet. When I did research on a movie at Angelika Theater in New York I saw that “ROOM”  is playing right now. Here is…

The Book Review: “Chelsea Girls” by Eileen Myles

“My book sat on the coffee table. I felt great. I felt frozen, completely frozen in my life. It would never stop being exactly like this. I was a great poet and I would always be alone. This was my curse. I took a couple…

Are You Real or Fake?

“The things that make me different are the things that make me” – Winnie the Pooh

Think about your life for a minute or two. Are you running away from it? Because you most certainly can. You can pretend everything is fine while being stuck in a harmful, bad relationship. You can be with this particular person and pretend that everything is okay on the outside. That you have a great functioning relationship and have it all figured out. But deep inside you know, that this relationship leads nowhere but to more misery. You suffer but play a game to keep your face. You can go to work every single day and pretend everything is fine. But on the inside, you hate your job or you think you have to do it until you retire because there is nothing else out there for you. You are stuck in a routine and are comfortably numb at this point and just complain every single day. You know that you  could not care less about this ridiculous job but it pays your bills.

Many people just hide behind a façade and pretend they are someone they are not. They hide also behind huge cars, expensive jewelry, huge houses or other paraphernalia. (Cool word right? Means: stuff, things, equipment but sounds so much nicer). Yeah, keep talking about this expensive vacation you will plan, and right after this one you go right back to the Bahamas because you own the island. These are the things that make you happy? Theses are the things that make you who you are? And at night you are at home watching your soap operas on your big fancy TV. But guess what, one thing you will never get away with – being fake, false and a fraud. And people will see it. They will find out eventually.

There will be a time in your life when you will see your true self. Some huge mirror that will be placed in front of you and reveals all your flaws. Guess what? At this point you will wake up. Everybody has flaws – nobody is perfect. Always keep this in mind. And if you think that this person in this huge house, with this huge car and these millions of dollars are happy – think again. They have problems too. No money-problems maybe, but others. Nothing is perfect. Ever!

You have been faking it all your life but now you are awake. Something bad happened. Maybe your marriage is over, or you don’t look the same anymore due to an accident, because you gained weight after childbirth. Or you lost your job. Anything that was so valuable to you. Or you are finally able to leave a partner who is harmful to you. What do you do now? You wake up and see how life changed. Maybe you lost all your money. Can you be true to yourself now? Who you really are? And how can you find out? I believe the key in life is to be trustworthy and real. Live your life the way that it feels real to your. If you are not true to yourself you are faking it. Simple as that. You live your life like someone you are not. What is your mission on this planet? I think my mission is to take a journey and to discover my true self and to simply do something out of the ordinary. Which I am doing every single day. Don’t dream about so many thing – instead figure out a way to do them. Life is too short for games and unhappiness.

I want to share a trailer of one of my favorite movies “Into the Wild” if you would like to see. “The important thing in life is not to be strong, but to feel strong.”

 

Thank you for reading my blog. 

Five Things

Happy Friday! I have been thinking a lot this week. Especially about being free and relationships. Was there a time in your life when you felt free? Was there a time when you were entirely yourself? Many are in relationships that make them comfortable. Maybe,…

The Book Review: “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert

“You want to write a book? Make a song? Direct a movie? Decorate pottery? Learn a dance? Explore a new land? You want to draw a penis on your wall? Do it. Who cares? It’s your birthright as a human being, so do it with…

Oh Canada! I Love Thee

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Oh Canada! Have you ever been to Canada? In this article I want to share why I love Canada so much. On the picture above you can see how proud I was after ordering food in French at a Tim Hortons in Quebec. We spent four days at  Les Chalets du Lac Grenier in Quebec/MontrĂ©al last month. My French is good enough by now to survive. Awesomeness!

I fell in love with Canada after my first visit because it is so great. In Canada, I have been to Newfoundland, to Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Chicoutimi (yes, this is a city) and to so many other places that I can truly share some insight about this awesome country.

The main focus of this article will be Toronto; simply because this city is amazing and it is a special place that my husband and I discovered together. We have been back there several times since.  We stayed at a tiny hostel the first time because the trip was all about walking around and exploring and not enjoying a beautiful hotel room. 😉 It seems we explored the entire city while walking, which was great. I remember my feet hurt but then again they always do because I never wear the right type of shoes. (according to my husband) We took so many pictures, ate awesome food (Check out this cafĂ© at Kensington Market for breakfast/brunch or lunch) and did most of the touristy things. I loved the CN Tower for sure.

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Yep, this is me, approximately four years ago with short-short hair, sitting on the glass floor all the way on top  (553m/1,815 ft) of the CN Tower striking a Yoga pose. And it was winter – it was a cold winter 😉

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Many say that Canada is just like the United States but it is not true. Not for me at least. There are all kind of differences that made me fall in love with Canada and enjoy it so much as soon as we cross the border every time. The first thing I noticed was that the people in Canada are so friendly. You know, heartfelt friendly – not fake friendly. Everyone is just so nice. No New York attitude and not everyone has the face down looking at a smart phone (is it so smart?) or avoiding eye-contact.  People look at you! The other thing I noticed was how clean Canada is. Coming from Germany this was not a something new to me. Germany has rules for everything and one big thing is cleanliness.

Take the subway in Toronto and compare it to the Metro in NY. You know this nasty smell when you take any subway in Manhattan? This nice mix of feces, dust, dirt and urine? Yuk! In Toronto – clean! It all seems to work over there.

One more place I would like to share is  The St. Lawrence Market. This place has everything a huge farmers market has plus more. You can easily stroll around for hours. Of course I have to mention that my husband and I bought real wool cardigans at one of the stands and I thought it would be enough to wear that when we stepped back outside. Note to self: Whenever it is below minus 20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) you don’t go out with just a wool cardigan on! Of course I got really sick but this is another story.

It probably sounds like I am exaggerating but with Canada it was love at first visit for me! I am looking forward to our next visit which is actually just around the corner. When you visit Toronto for the first time it can be slightly overwhelming because there is simply so much to take in.

If you plan a visit to Toronto, this website is pretty amazing. Also, feel free to ask me anything about all my Canada travels. You will find nature at its best!

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Thank you for reading my blog. 

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Hello! I worked for a long time to get a translation option for this website running and it is finally done. We live in this diverse world and people speak so many languages. I see it daily when I go to the playground with my…