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Melting snow remnants

Projects of resocialisation in and around Brandenburg


Fortunately it was a winter soon after my return to follow. In principle favourable conditions for the troublesome mission of resocialisation.


Havel Bayt
The ice on the bay of the river Havel helped. But obviously there was a world existing beyond the ice. Pure and strong manpower seems to accomplish works of extraterrestrial quality.

urine
In the beginning some drawbacks had to be accepted. Continence and continent were just impossible to unite. Nature's desire is strong .


(Fr)OstSee
So let's get back to the sea as fast as possible. Some good fortune allowed some packed ice to build up on the Baltic Sea. Ulrich, Juliane, Ute and Maximilian from the team of resocialisation present themselves as dare-devils. Surprisingly none of us drowns.

Frostbodden with dog
The wideness is tempting. Somewhere out on the ice there must be a way to the arctic..? Despite the remarkable thickness of the ice it's just the inner bay of the island of Usedom. But the urge to migrate stayed.

Apparently there's need of some stronger remedies to learn to appreciate the world without ice.

On the Arc de Triomphe
Brrrr. The outpost of resocialisation "Paris Arr. VI" led by the local chief executive Clemens K. arranged a project of cultivation in the city of love.

french traffic
Millions of people circulate through an infinite network concrete paths.

Right here, next to a main artery I begin to sense that there might even reveal some fascinating beauty in the manifold chaos of the populated parts of our planet.

Paris in snow
There's artificial snow for example.
Some people in Paris have got some funny little boxes at home as well, called "broyeur" in french (not to be mixed up with "branleur").
Word by word that means something like "grinder" or "crusher". Usually they are well-hid and camouflaged secretly behind the toilets. They've got something to do with the flushing that is frequently blocked, they tell you if you ask. If you start using such toilets properly, little Monsieur le Broyeur jerkily begins to hum and work.
As it is most obviously his duty to teach manners to hard stool or comparable matter to fit through the sewage pipes I hereby propose as an official translation "faeces mill". "Stool grinder" might eventually be debatable as well. In order to pay account for future marketing purposes in the medium-term an abbreviation seems preferable, "facmi" e.g. or may be a pet name like "shit-hummy".

However, dear dictionary authors, I kindly ask you to consider at least the term "faeces mill". Things without a name might turn very dangerous.

Parisian Scooter
In some backyard in Paris old fellows archly turn up. Actually it was a bit too fat for Regine. But which scooter else could be placed in that way in the resocialisation office's backyard ?

Silvretta
But Paris had to little snow. It helped, but it had to little snow. Silvretta instead: tree-, grass- and guilt-free. Marcel, Kathi and Matthias far beyond the tree line. The snow had become slightly polystyrene-like, but all all "leiwand" to the fullest extent ( leiwand: austrian, appropx. "canvas", as beautiful and immaculate as a canvas )

Indecision
Cumbrous uphill-climbing in trance. Next to the summit slope of Piz Buin the shock: we can't continue. The track is getting too ambiguous. We have to turn back as fast as possible. It's very easy to get into trouble in the mountainside, if you don't understand nature's signals.

powder trio Matthias, Kathi and Marcel
As the high-pressure "Helga" was driven away, there's powder again on the slopes and the way down is better than flying.

HEEL-FREEDOM!
The powder lets you hover down to the valley. The freed heel is dancing the telemark-freedom-dance.
Resocialisation seems having succeeded.

rainbow
But even the most fantastic measure of resocialisation is over some time. What remains is a rainbow in the heart.

P.S.: Recently I was informed about the decease of Regine. May she rest in peace in the snowmobiles' heaven.


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written on May 10 th 2003