Ab heute werde ich hauptsächlich in englisch schreiben. Das ist einfach bequemer für mich. I’ve lived outside of Germany for far longer, than in it. Just makes sense to use the language everyone else around me also uses. Let’s fit in, shall we?

My new avatar is a self-portrait in cobalt and gold, that came to me, after a good friend in Oldenburg called me ‘Photolera Claudinha’. A little joke on the Brazilian pistoleros, all that gung-ho picture taking, I guess!!

P.S. Sometime after this post was published, my blog migrated from Blogger to the WordPress platform. In this move, many details were lost owing to incompatibility between platforms. Some images disappeared also, including Rhombo and my then new avatar selfie we called “Photolera Claudinha” as mentioned above. Rhombo is still awol, below is the selfie created out of my shadow on a caliche path on the ranch. My arms are raised with the camera, a holster is visible on my left hip, where I used to carry my revolver when roaming the land with my Kangal dog Otto.