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Not more than words

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I jotted down terms that have crossed my mind today. Probably nothing meaningful there but this is part of my creative writing process.  Vindaloo   (Indian curry dish) Intentionssimplementierung (german)  (simplifying intentions by mentioning exact date, time and location) varoaika (finnish)  (time that production animal that has been treated with antibiotica is out of production)   ristiintarkastus (finnish) (cross-examination) doctor-doctor (someone who has got 2 doctor titles)  rammenas (dutch) (a type of brassicaceous crop) phyllo-dough (A very thin type of dough) Croque-Monsieur (french ham and lettuce sandwich)  priorisoida  (finnish) (a verb for expressing that one work task is more essential and relevant than another)

Your thoughts are free

A German folk song on freedom of thought: Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten? Sie fliegen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten. Kein Mensch kann sie wissen,  kein Jäger erschiessen, es bleibt dabei, die Gedanken sind frei.

At times truth is found in simplicity

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There was a young lady, the age of 16. She had become good friends with a bearded man that had a goat laugh and he would tell her about Gandhi, Lao-tse and nonviolence. She was very fascinated by him and his influence accompanied her later in life, she didn't know it then, though. She felt he might have answers that no one else had. She asked him how she could get along with her sister. Her sister was twelve then, very beautiful and the two of them fought all the time. She was bothered by it, since the arguments seemed endless and unkind. The man with the goat laugh told her to pretend that it was the last hour of her sister's life. He pointed out, that it might well be. She tried out his plan and as a result she looked at her sister and saw her for the first time. This is how she began to hold her sister dear. Have you ever borrowed a book from the library and noticed that some previous reader of that very book has underlined parts of the text wit