50.000 Schmetterlinge gefangen. Louis Graeser und der Dörries Familie.

50.000 Schmetterlinge gefangen Einer der erfolgreichsten Schmetterlingjäger war der Deutsche Fritz Dörrieß, der zweiugzwanzig Jahre an den Strömen und in den Urwäldern Sibiriens verbracht hat. Als Zwanzigjähriger ging er in Begleitung seines Bruders nach Sibirien, um dort besonders kostbare und seltene Schmetterlinge zu fangen. Die Tagschmetterlinge wurden wie in der … Read more

Uwe Johnson “Eine Reise nach Klagenfurt”

  READING: Uwe Johnson “Eine Reise nach Klagenfurt”, Ingeborg Bachmann has not been living in Klagenfurt for 30 years. She lived in Rome. Now she is dead and Uwe Johnson travels to Klagenfurt to visit her grave at the Annabichl Centralfriedhof by the airport. Nobody is really there. Ingeborg Bachmann … Read more

Alpe-Adria: Slovenian Minority in Kärnten, Austria

Gabriel Kofler is in his thirties. A school teacher Bad Eisenkappel in Kärnten and I meet him for the first time at Café Scherbe in Graz. I am just there with my wife who is going to organize a meeting supported by Alpe-Adria region about the Slovenian minority in Kärnten. … Read more

From Indie Manchester to Wirtschaftswunder München-Graz

“Men hard to manage, but easy to inspire” Joseph Conrad, “The Nigger of the Narcissus” I read Joseph Conrad in Münich airport when I realize that I (again) is on a plane containing technicians and commuters  living in Graz working in Münich. This time they are headin’ back. Some weeks … Read more