CRISPIANO: NERUDA AWARD, WINE & OLIVES Come with me to Crispiano, a lovely town with fragrances and flowers from the vineyards and olive trees in the Masseria, where the sun smiles all day. I never met such amiable people as the people in Crispiano and Taranto. Dolche vita and amore mio, Crispano. It lies in the region Ampulia in the province of Tarato in the Southern Italian Zone, and has a population of 13,809 . The people are called Crispianesi and the saint of the town is: Madonna della Neve. The flight from Zürich to Brindisi was…

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due. (National literature will jetzt nicht viel sagen, die Epoche der Weltliterature ist an der Zeit — Goethe). The world’s writers and poets are connecting internationally via the internet. Why should only the literature mainstream in the…

Commentary: Holocaust and KZ Syndrome, Lest We Forget (Satis Shroff) The former German pope damaged the pontificate and the church, even though it was Cardinal Hoyos who’d ignored what sort of people the four members of the Pius-Brotherhood were. The four had been excommunicated in 1988. These bishops, especially Bishop Williamson…

This time Satis Shroff takes you to the English Garden of Ettenbühl in Germany. The English Garden of Ettenbühl (Satis Shroff) Ah, it’s the month of July. The sun is shining, Blue sky with fluffy clouds. The roses are blooming In the English Garden of Ettenbühl. A Midsummer Night’s Dream …

Be that as it may, the Nato will not attack Russia as long as the latter refrains from invading or attacking a Nato member country. Will Putin interpret this again as a show of weakness and go ahead to fulfil his dreams of Bigger Russia? ENEMIES DECLARED ON BOTH SIDES…

MUSINGS 2022: Satis Shroff The seasons change: the lovely flowers of Spring and Summer’s greenery which change to a golden Autumn followed by a blanket of white landscape. At duck the sun goes down with a scarlet, orange, yellowness that spreads across the hills of the Dreisam Valley. You see…

It’s Volkstrauertag Death through war, Gewaltherrschaft, Go through your mind. Peace at last? The victims of wars, Memorials with mourning choirs, Weeping war widows, orphans, Wreaths and flowers for the dead. The fire brigade stands at attention. Uniforms, Stiff humans With eyes moving, To take in the mourning. In Freiburg-Kappel…

COCO ON THE PROWL (Satis Shroff) Despite the canned canine food Coco the cat is always hungry. No, it’s not hunger. It’s the predator’s instinct. Coco is scared at home, Always on the run. But the night belongs to her. She becomes a hunter. Stealthily sneaking away …

Sie trug einen roten Wintermantel Und hielt einen Gehstock in der Hand. Gabriela Klein überquerte den Zebrastreifen, Neben der neue schwarzen Unibibliothek. Eine Kompanie von Soldaten im Kampfanzug Kamen von der anderen Straßenseite. Ihre Schritte verlangsamten und ihr Körper zitterte. In ihrem Geist, ist sie im April 1945: Die Franzosen…