I landed in Berlin one year ago today. I have been here a year! I have lived in six apartments. This one is my favorite. I feel brand-new here. I have a few friends here. I cannot navigate this city yet. German comes more easily, but I still don’t know the words. I feel brand-new. Read more

the untroubled patter of the rain on the leaves the hollow roar of the S-Bahn, like some distant monsterturning over in its cave the little clicks and clacks of the neighbor’s day, item against itempractical and indistinct the harried rumbleshriek of the tramofficious and important the pigeons’ wings beating warm and earthy against their bodies Read more