And then there’s Neukölln

7.August 2014

I think today I arrived to the Berlin way. I had a 3 hour lunch with Astrid, sitting on the edge of the sidewalk. She insisted on dropping me off at her favourite hamburger place, where I had the sweet potato chips. Then I walked to the community garden at the old airfield. Which was beautiful.

Then a fabulous vanilla ice cream at Mos Eisley. Wandering. Sun kissed from the garden, linking creamy vanilla heaven, I got it. The grace that is summer. The urgency of slowing down.

And then I found Cafe Lux, the most serene Cafe I’ve been to like ever. Serene people,. Long and short tables, well-shapednseating, perfect coffee.

Silences in history. Silences by code. Silences of fear. You already know that Tango’s silences can be sublime and they can be devastating.

What I do in my blog is use myself as a lens – sometimes a microscope, sometimes a telescope. I try to be as honest with myself and you as words concede. Then I try to find a deeper meaning and imagine a pathway for us.

A blog post can be a fragment, a wisp of inspiration, an outline for thinking. A book must complete and reconcile it all. Now I drag the social scientist to the scene to enumerate the facts of the case, the mystery which brought both stardom and tragedy to my life.