L’ECO / May 1968

Recently I’ve found in Mums‘ memorabilia something were lovely! My parents were featured in L’ECO, an Italian newspaper for the Italian emigrants in Switzerland. My father was working in his free time as a marketing-man for this newspaper and he found a lot of subscribers to this paper. As THE top perfomer, the direction of the newspaper gave him as a bonus a new car, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta!

 

National Future Day 10.11.2022

Last November in Switzerland was held the National Future Day. This day offers to the young pupils to accompany their parents or relatives to their workplace for meeting the job they practice.

The girls and boys get offered as well the opportunity to meet a job underpresented in their gender. The target is that everyone can choose the profession desired, meet the perspectives and planning the working future. This national project exists more than twenty years and is supported by small and big Swiss companies.

This time I’ve been accompanied and flanked by my eleven-year-old niece Seraina, pupil of fifth grade, she likes a lot maths and sports, in that she’s excelling in karate wearing the blue belt. Once she will reach the legal age, she wants to subscribe to the aspirant school of police.

 

29.9.2022 Aarauer Kurzgeschichten (Aarau’s Shortstories)

I feel very honored to be part of this anthology amongst some very well-known authors. We all have been asked to write a short story about Aarau or being connected to the town. I’m living here since 1993 and I’m an official local citizen of Aarau – so my literary contribution is a tribute to it…and a spooky one!

ISBN 978-3-905939-85-9 by Kulturverlag Herausgeber

…we have a ghost in the Castle!

28.8.22 Rolling Sponz by Vinicio Capossela @ Calitri (AV)- Italy

For many years I tried to join Vinicio’s yearly big event at his hometown Calitri. I couldn’t make it earlier due to my agenda collision or, what everyone knows about the last two years, but this time it matched. I joined there two evenings hearing and seeing other artists, some locals and some from abroad – Vinicio celebrates his event by melting various artist. Finally I’ve met Vinicio, his is well-known and his career is still in international shape – may some of you have heard his jingle „Che cos’è l’amor?“ during an advert of a famous pasta?

30.6.2022 Alpaca Reading @ Waedis Farm

Regrettably the weather didn’t work well, so the reading was held under the roof of the farm, as the Alpaca’s didn’t want to stay at the meadow, neither in the shed…they’ve found another place – a covered place in the meadow! But it was lovely the same and I enjoyed it with a well visited event.

 

 

The guy in the white shirt is my bro!

30.6.22 Alpaca-Reading @ Waedisfarm, Hunzenschwil/ CH

On Thursday 30.6.22, starting 7 pm, I’ll be reading at the meadow out of my books, on stage I’ll be joined by the alpaca-family of Adele and Wädi Baumann; they will offer an aperitif and after the reading coffee with cookies. It’s free entry and anyone who wants to join us, can write to adele.baumann@bluewin.ch (in case of rain or storm, the reading will be held in the shed!)
To know more about the alpacas, have a look at www.waedisfarm.ch! I’m really looking forward to this particular event!

21.4.21 Reading @ Wier Seisler, Gasthof St. Martin Tafers (Kt. FR)

Finally we made it, Dorothe and I!
Due to pandemic, it was not that easy for authors to held readings and being palpable for the public. Together we build a good team with our books, Dorothe is a historian and writes about middle-age topics, I’ve read two of her works and one is really amazing „Der steinige Weg der Wyborada (The rocky path of Wyborada“ – I always tell her to put filming rights on it! I’m sure we will do some more readings together – I looked in to the crystal ball!!