Joe Biden’s America

The first markers have been passed, the “hundred days”, the Fourth of July: Time to try  a hand in assessing Joe Biden’s America. The sentiment, personal and from a limited experience: It feels like on top of a smoking volcano. The vaccination target was narrowly...

Corona call: Johann Aeschlimann

Johann Aeschlimann (70) has discovered gardening, and he writes this blog. He turned 70 years old last Saturday. Johann, why is the blog silent for quite a time now? I was a little busy. But now, I am making a new start. See, a blog is like a diary. It is only a few...

Corona Call: Gary Smulyan

Gary Smulyan (64) is one of the great Baritone Jazz Saxophonists of our time.  He won countless awards (Down Beat readers’ baritone saxophonist of the year 2019). His last CD is “alternative contrafacts”, his latest performance dates from August 2020 at William...