One of the things I don’t like about win­ter­time is that it gets dark so early. This com­bined with the freez­ing cold makes me dream of the sum­mer when we were hanging out on the streets and in the parks until late. But I don’t wanna hate cause I also like the win­ter­time with all it’s cosy­n­ess, espe­cially when you hang out with your friends in front of a warm oven.

Last week Sara was invited to read at the lovely Off-Space Kun­stapo­theke in Neuk­ölln. Get­ting together with dif­fer­ent people, calm­ing down and just listen to beau­ti­ful short storys and poems for me is the oppos­ite to an anonym­ous city. And I think that I share this approach of social­ity with many young people here in Berlin.

Instead of sit­ting in front of a TV on our own, we want to go out and meet our (new) friends, regard­less of whether it’s in the park, in a bar, at the club or in front of a cosy oven in an artsy space in Neukölln..

(Saras note: thanks to all of my beau­ti­ful friends for mak­ing it hap­pen and for com­ing down to hear me read, it meant a lot to me!)