Interstitial spaces are spaces that, still untouched and undefined, grant access to those who enter. They are spaces that serve to prevent one from barging right into the house—forcing one to pause. A vestibule could be such an intermediate space, or perhaps a hallway that isn’t designated as a separate…
We’ve just returned from a wonderful vacation in Germany. Our noses are still filled with the scent of woodruff, spruce, and hay, and the taste of ripe mirabelle plums and sweet blackberries lingers on our tongues. Our eyes are still drunk on all that green—on the meadows and fields that…
There’s a lot going on outside my office window by the palm trees: sparrows are stuffing the hungry mouths of their young and flying around. At the top of the palm tree, busy parrots are building their nests. The atmosphere is bustling with activity. I sit at my laptop and…
Carnaval here extends far beyond Ash Wednesday for all those who want to party and dress up until the last municipality, Yaiza, celebrates it this year in mid-March. And to be honest, I’m not a particularly big fan of the loud and colorful Carnaval, but I like the traditional, small…
We’re swapping out the very last of the old calendars and getting used to this new number, which now assigns a specific quality to the course of the year—namely, a place in our calendar. And just as the new year unfolds before us, at this turning point we look back…
There are still a few miniature nativity scenes, called Belenes, on the island that can be visited. And: it’s worth it! The event of the Nativity in the stable, accompanied by shepherds and the Three Wise Men, is embedded here in our Lanzarote landscape. The nativity scene at the Bodega…
