is this the apocalypse? (no, it’s just very early in the morning)

It’s been a few days since I started writing this in the notes app on my phone and laptop. I kept adding to it … and now, not even a week later, parts of what I wrote don’t even seem relevant anymore. What still felt weird a few days ago, has become a “new normal”. Things are progressing (getting worse) so quickly these days that keeping up is difficult. I haven’t even figured out yet how I feel about the stuff that was news two weeks ago, let alone the stuff that was news yesterday. I just can’t keep up.

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I go for a run (almost) every morning and thanks to the longer days and sunny weather, I’m able to leave the house as early as 6:30. Running early in the morning has always been my thing, but at the moment, it is also the easiest way to exercise while staying away from other people.
I pass a playground on my runs and for a few days now it’s been sealed off with caution tape. It looks like a crime scene.
When I’m out and about this early and the streets are literally deserted, I always tell myself that it’s “just because it’s so early”.

january books 📖

The book blogposts are back! Or are they? I’m not 100% sure yet. I think from now on I’m going to only talk about the books I’ve really enjoyed and would recommend, instead of discussing every single book I’ve read in a month. So, … the monthly thing might not even make sense anymore and I’ll probably just talk about “recent reads” on a regular basis? Thinking out loud here. Feel free to skip ahead to the good stuff. January has been a good reading month. It usually is, because I get a lot of books for Christmas and my birthday and then, with all those unread books on my bookshelf, it’s like having your own little bookshop/library at home. But now I’m really getting off track. 🙃

Veganer Kaffee-Nusskuchen ☕️

Dieser Blogpost ist gesponsert.

Wenn mir jemand das Stichwort „Kaffee“ gibt, fällt mir „Kuchen“ ein. Das geht gar nicht anders. Beim Stichwort „EILLES KAFFEE” muss ich neben Kaffee (🤷🏻‍♀️), Tee und Süßigkeiten, an die Heimat meines Herzens denken – München, wo auch EILLES zuhause ist. Und an den so gut duftenden EILLES-Laden in der Residenzstraße...
Erinnerungen an meine München-Zeit also und ein bisschen Nostalgie, verbinde ich mit dem Feinsten von EILLES. Aber „Gutes bleibt“ und zu den schönen Erinnerungen kommen neue – wie vor einer Weile der EILLES KAFFEE N° 1873. Und der ist seither nicht nur in meinem Kaffeefilter, sondern auch im Teig eines Kaffee-Nusskuchens gelandet, den ich gerne teilen möchte. (Also nicht den Kuchen, nur das Rezept. Den Kuchen haben wir schon aufgegessen.)

… still trying to do less 🌀

In the weeks leading up to Christmas I felt like I was constantly out of breath—even when I was sitting down, drinking a cup of tea. I wasn’t “stressed” per se … although some might argue that this is exactly what being stressed is; feeling like you’re still “on”, although you’re actually ~ relaxing ~. I always felt like I just had to take a really deep breath …, but couldn’t.

looking back on 2019 ✨

Another year has passed and I’m looking back on 2019 just briefly. A glance over the shoulder, so to say.

Ein Südtiroler Wintermärchen - vier Tage in und um Brixen und Sterzing 🇮🇹🏔🚡

Von IDM Südtirol wurde ich auf eine Pressereise eingeladen. Dieser Blogpost ist nicht gesponsert.

Winter in den Bergen ist anders – echter irgendwie und gewollt. Mit dicken Schneehauben auf ausladenden Ästen von Nadelbäumen, legt sich eine winterliche Magie über die Landschaft. Und so hat einen, nach ein paar knarzenden Schritten auf Neuschnee durch weihnachtlich beleuchtete Ortschaften oder den Wald, ein Märchenbilderbuch verschluckt.