I used to love you. For fifteen years I was an anglophile, I had an obsession with everything about you and especially London. Your language, your culture, your food, your wit, your politeness, your quirkiness. I perceived you as the promised land, which would allow me to be myself and be happy and be great. …
Yesterday I went to a bbq party, which was organized and attended by people I know from work. The work I do at the moment is a call centre job, where I call businesses in Germany in German and ask them about their preferences on shipping companies. First I called them to tell me about …
So this is my second letter too you.There was a long break i must admit and you might, by now be dead or been taken away to a better place … like mainland Europe. In any case, how are you, my beauty? I have now moved to a place you surely would have loved and …
A friend suggested I write about you and another friend suggested I write about identity and as you and my identity sort of go hand in hand or used to … I thought I’d do as the Germans say ” zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen “. So yeh here I am writing to you, …
Dear lockdown 2, yes 6 out of 5? I know … but I thought I’d take my last chance to write you a letter… it might not even be my last chance actually… I mean, just because you’re not going to be around for the rest of December… ( hopefully)… doesn’t mean you won’t be …
Dear lockdown 2 Ha, you would have laughed at me today when I was shopping in Lidl… bought Gluehwein ( mulled wine), Lebkuchen ( gingerbread) and Sahnehering ( herring in creamy sauce)….does it get any more German? I guess not… that’s what you do to me, you monster haha. Feeling unsafe, it seems, makes people …
Dear lockdown 2, So how’s you today? I wrote another letter today… I hope you’re not jealous… I’ll let you know how the receiver likes it when it arrives.. ha I need luck for this to end up well I feel, but then.. it’s not like I’ve not done this before and last time it …
Dear Lockdown 2 Yay we’ve made it through another shit day and another shit weekend. Thanks for that…. was yours just as bad as mine? Oh no I shouldn’t ask that .. you might end up telling me about it haha. At least I had a nice chat with an old friend of mine I …
Dear lockdown 2, A day or two has passed and things have changed a teeny tiny little bit i feel. How have you been? It’s two weeks now since you’ve been … put on us …a bit less even. The weather is worse, but that’s expected. I have finally managed to introduce some sort of …
Last weekend I asked a few of my friends to give me subjects to write about for a self imposed writing challenge. So here is post no.1 on Lockdown life ( Thank you Nicky): Dear lockdown 2 I thought you and your brother are twins… but it turns out you’re not. Your face is very …
