Triumph and Disaster

Der Header dieser Seite ist aus einem Photo meines Sohnes Paul (Petzold) entstanden: Blick vom Rheinufer in Köln-Rodenkirchen in die untergehende Sonne.
Paul schreibt und publiziert seine Photographien via Blog. Eine Auswahl seiner Bilder auch in der Fotocommunity.

The Picture in the header was shot by my son Paul Petzold.
Taken at the shores of the Rhine viewing from southern Cologne into the sunset.
The highlighted links above point to Pauls blog and photogalery.

Since many years “If it be your will…” by Leonard Cohen is among my favorite songs. There is a time to speek out loud, a time to keep your mouth shut and:
these ugly times of transition in between.

Auf Deutsch:
Seit vielen Jahre zählt “If it be your will…” von Leonard Cohen zu meinen Lieblingsliedern . Alles hat seine Zeit:

der Aufschrei, das Schweigen. Am schwierigsten jedoch:
die hässlichen Übergänge dazwischen

Enough preliminaries, without further a do here you can listen to the song:
.
and read Cohens lyrics:

If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will

If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing

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