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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
about 11 hours ago
„Wanderschaft der Bilder“
Was macht ein Mann ohne seine Frau?
Er wandert.
Nicht draußen.
Innen.
Und merkt irgendwann:
Da gibt’s keine Karte –
nur Umwege.
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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
2 days ago
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2 days ago
I know I should write something else.
Something that excites the masses.
But I can't.
A brewery – closed.
Converted into luxury apartments.
The jobs: gone.
The Turkish bazaar – closed.
Nobody knows where the owner is.
Simply disappeared.
And that's not the only spot on my route today.
A railway crossing – open
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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
4 days ago
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4 days ago
I don't know if everything has changed or if I'm just seeing it differently.
Was it because of those before me – the parents who are no longer here, whom I can no longer ask?
Or is it because of me, because of what I want, because of what I demand?
Where are the boundaries? And who sets them?
Many have said
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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
April 6, 2026
War das alles damals schon in mir – vor sechzig Jahren, am Schorenweg?
Es war einmal.
Und es ist nicht mehr.
Freunde – der Bericht ist nichts.
Nur der Text ist es wert, gelesen zu werden.
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April 6, 2026
We are back.
Back here in Germany for a few days.
Everything worked.
The garage door opened.
The code was still there, as if the order of things had patiently waited for us.
The other thing also did its job.
Only humans never return as smoothly as mechanics.
Before we left, something had almost broken between
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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
April 6, 2026
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April 6, 2026
Pain is an invention for the weak.
So, friends – let us fight for the cause.
Easter is actually a celebration for us,
for those who like to be with people,
who talk, chat, listen,
and also forget certain words.
Like me.
Because what I hear here all day long,
is often just talk.
A constant I want, I need, I demand
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Ben der Schweizer went for a hike
April 5, 2026
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April 5, 2026
Some would call someone like me a coward. Perhaps because I don't strike immediately, don't raise my voice, don't run into every fire that others deem truth.
But I have learned that people can also be protected in other ways.
Through knowledge.
Through seeing.
Through what one recognizes before others even
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Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
April 2, 2026
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Roland, Tasso and JavierCR 🇪🇸 like this.
April 3, 2026
On the Last Day
On the last day of a journey,
something often happens
for which there was no room along the way.
Not on the roads.
Not between suitcases, hotels, conversations, coincidences,
and the small daily improvisation of life.
Only then,
when you know
that the circle is slowly closing again.
You sit there
Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
April 1, 2026
Staffel 4 - Leben, lachen, weiterfahren – 1. April
Danke – euch auch einen schönen 1. April, und passt auf Herrn Bär auf.
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April 1, 2026
Am erschte April het dr Basler Zolli immer wider Telefon übercho.
D’Lüt hän gfragt, ob si bitte dr Herr Bär chönnte haa.
Und dr Zolli het müsse säge:
„S tut isch leid — dä git’s bi uns nümme.“
Ben der Schweizer went on an adventure
March 31, 2026
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March 31, 2026
Max Frisch once asked:
"Whom, who is dead, would you like to see again?"
"Would you have the courage to meet again the person who would have so liked to continue living – and be unable to tell them anything?"
Today, I am preoccupied with a hotel where I have to do everything myself.
Actually, that's nothing
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Ben der Schweizer went for a hike
March 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026
In search of colors
Yesterday I had calmed spirits. Today I was in search of colors. I thought it would actually be quite simple. You go to the Museum of Fine Arts, look around, let something sink in, and maybe you'll find exactly what you're looking for. So we did that.
We immersed ourselves in these
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about 6 hours ago
Last night she wasn’t there.
I sat alone at the table.
In front of me a glass of red wine.
Still.
I didn’t know exactly what I was doing –
but I stayed seated.
Then Marc came to mind.
And those conversations we wanted to have.
About images.
About impressions.
About this hard-to-explain seeing.
And suddenly the
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