The Art of Lying in Bed
Every now and then I find people who delight in the physical act of waking up in the morning. They don’t associate waking up with bad breath, the screams of […]
Author Archives: René Breuel
On the Praise of Beautiful Women
“Wow, look at that! That’s what I call a beautiful flag bearer! We are having so many of them tonight.” “Wait until you see the blonde holding the flag of […]
The Rewards of Travel
Why do we travel? What do we hope to find in foreign lands? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, like many young aristocrats of his generation, set out to travel, and as […]
Encountering Beauty
When I am at a party with old friends, or am caught by a song when I enter a store, or when in a busy day I somehow lift my […]
The Lost Art of the Advice
Ronald Reagan wrote a moving letter to his son in 1971. He was known as a Hollywood actor back then, 10 years before the became president of the U.S., and […]
The Power of a Click
There seem to be moments, every now and then, which grab us. An idea pops up in our mind, and it shines so bright and obvious that we wonder why […]
Vested Interests
The question of God is not a theoretical exercise; it spurts from our guts as well as from our minds.
Gossip Medication
Gossip feels therapeutic. When we are feeling down, nothing can anesthetize our blues better than negative news about someone else. Writer Anne Lamott describes a moment once when she felt […]
The Open Arms of Suffering
Francisco Goya was a subversive man. Much acquainted with suffering, Goya had an instinct for the black side of life – he has paintings called Yard with Lunatics and Saturn […]
My Hall of Shame
I hate to face my Hall of Shame. That’s how I call, or at last how I feel about, my list of answered emails, Facebook comments and messages, SMS, unpaid […]
Wondering Fair 