People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross There is something special about the stories that unique stained glass stories tell in church windows, each church…
December 11: Over the harbor
I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return. Yo-Yo Ma Back to familiar views, familiar smells, familiar feelings. Back to what we knew for so many years. Nothing and yet everything has changed! Good to be back!
December 10: Caroling angelsÂ
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Luciano De Crescenzo I forgot how clean, neat, tidy and efficient Frankfurt airport is, and to top it off there were beautiful caroling angels! What a privilege to experience so many different cultures and countries! Good…
December 9: Our island from the sky
I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective. Ursus Wehrli I know you have to look carefully, but I had a perfect view of the island we call home during takeoff today. It is good to put things in perspective. I know where we are on the map,…
December 7: Frozen rivers
Life is fragile: it thrives only in a narrow range of temperatures between freezing and boiling. How lucky that our planet is just the right distance from the sun: a little farther, and the death of the perpetual Antarctic winter – or worse – would prevail; a little closer, and the surface would truly fry…