November 20, 2022
“YOU KNOW, MRS. OMONDI, WE ARE VERY SPECIAL”
Recently a friendly lady from a certain canton told me, with the intention of calming me down with these words.  I called because I didn’t understand […]
October 23, 2022
MAGICAL ENCOUNTERS IN MUNICH
… which touched me emotionally, because I strongly remembered the first year when I was in Germany.  But first things first: On 15.10. in Munich I […]
October 19, 2022
IS A RED ROSE IN COMPLETE DARKNESS REALLY RED?
With such questions and more, our extraordinary and esteemed Prof. Dr. Bernd Richter shaped us former Konstanz business graduates. The news of his death made Mary Olwal and […]
October 13, 2022
SO MOM, IF THE FLAMINGOS BECAUSE OF THEIR FOOD…”
Last Wednesday night, my daughter took my hand and accompanied me out of the kitchen to tell me something serious – that’s what I thought. My […]
September 19, 2022
“WELL, WELCOME TO LIFE, LIFE IS SHARP”
My husband (then my fiancé) told me many years ago when I first wore my glasses on our city tour in Hamburg. Here is the short […]
September 14, 2022
“THAT’S RIGHT, THE TWO OF US IN THE KITCHEN, THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE”
My husband told me again the other day as he watched during a conversation as I left drawers open in the kitchen. Because my way distracted […]
September 5, 2022
“WHY DO THEY ONLY CONTROL ME?”
Have you ever asked a question whose answer you know, but where curiosity is associated with anger, so you want to hear it from the mouth […]
August 29, 2022
YEAH
Is my son unexpectedly looking forward to my answer “I don’t know”. At lunchtime on Friday, my son asked: “Can we go to the cinema today?” […]
August 23, 2022
“DO YOU EVEN HAVE A TV?”
A colleague asked me long before there were great weather apps. Not because I missed something earth-shattering.  I just didn’t participate in the weather forecast conversations. […]
August 23, 2022
“WHAT YOU ARE ONLY BORN ONCE?…
…The authorities in Germany really have a sense of humour”. A Kenyan official told me when I sent a request to compile evidence for the German […]
August 23, 2022
Wow
Coming back from my June offline time, and I am so glad to see you again. And even more glad to have met, talked to and […]
August 19, 2022
“QUESTION IS, DO YOU EAT FISH AT ALL?”
Auma Obama states rhetorically in one of her lectures and questions this sentence: “We teach people to fish instead of giving them fish”. It’s not an […]