Monthly Archives: March 2009

Through twisted branches I find my way

Through twisted branches I find my way, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Can I really clearly see whereto I go When only barely I know from whence I came? And here I am, walk­ing on that path That swath through branches twisted My eyes, my friends turned foe But even so No harm they do

Midnight sun over a quiet scene

Mid­night sun over a quiet scene, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Fol­low my foot­steps Come to where the mid­night sun Shines dimly by day © Thorsten Becker

Treading lightly and slow, for trees are never in a rush

Walk­ing very slowly, for trees are never in a rush, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. New dawn, at the end of a blue light night and stars bright white. Slowly rise in the east days of splen­dor warm and green, where first rain falls on soft new leaves, where winter’s sleep is gen­tly washed away

Far away there

Far away there, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. I do not want to be, no I can­not be silent about that which is not here, yet, that which is no there, yet, but that which is far away there, out in the dis­tance, draw­ing ever closer, step by step, beat by beat. Not by our

The silence heralds Charon’s imminent arrival

The silence her­alds Charon’s immi­nent arrival, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. That which was fad­ing has now come to pass. The last win­ter light, ash and livid, floats across the waters, above bare trees, watch­ing for the pass­ing of the sea­son of white and slum­ber. New light breaks across the sky. Famil­iar sil­hou­ettes begin to

Waiting for spring

Wait­ing for spring, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Spring, I await you Like a spar­row on a branch Waits for seeds drop­ping © Thorsten Becker One of our many “pets”. We have been pro­vid­ing a con­stant sup­ply of bird seeds through­out this fairly harsh win­ter via a small bird feeder attached to our liv­ing room

Abenteuer einer kleinen Maus

Aben­teuer einer kleinen Maus, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Aben­teuer einer kleinen Maus — Adven­tures of a lit­tle mouse was the title of a story I wrote back in high school. It was a writ­ing assign­ment by our Ger­man teacher, I believe in 7th grade. We received a gen­eral out­line (a mouse and a cat