Author: Silke Porath

Silke Porath lives together with her French husband in their home of choice in Balingen, on the border of the swabian Alps. Born in 1971, the mother of three children works as a freelance Journalist and Writing teacher. Trained as both an editor and PR consultant, she is a member of the “42erAutoren”, the association of German writers and the Group of 48.

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Hello, my dear deceased!

by Silke Porath9. April 20219. April 2021 No Comments

Here I sit in the former nursery of my sister and stare at the screen. Next, to me my son has cuddled up in the […]

Silke Porath: The new human being

by Silke Porath23. February 202123. February 2021 No Comments

“What would it be nice if we could see each other now!”, was one of my grandma’s standard phrases when we talked on the phone […]

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Faith can move the boxwood trees

by Silke Porath8. December 20208. December 2020

My neighbor from across the street was a hairdresser in his former life. Today he tweaks his garden. And I mean that literally. Shortly after […]

Sometimes only thumb sucking helps

by Silke Porath22. November 202022. November 2020 No Comments

I was seventeen years old when my gynecologist told me that I would never have children. Malformed ovaries and the hullabaloo. At 20, the same […]

It´s not always meant to be a building

by Silke Porath15. September 202028. October 2020

I was in my early 20s. Free. Uncommitted. I saw the umpteenth repeat of the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” and was suddenly […]

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Weather: Fickle. Emotions: set on storm

by Silke Porath1. April 20201. April 2020

A book must make you think. It must change your view on life.” Silke PorathSilke Porath lives together with her French husband in their home […]

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… see you later basket Case!

by Silke Porath20. March 20198. February 2019 1 comment

Seventeen moves and more than forty years the bright red treasure chest has accompanied me. Carved by my grandfather. He, whom I barely knew, lined […]

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Education – the way to one’s own thinking

by Silke Porath20. February 201918. January 2019 No Comments

Stubborn. Insulted. Stinky. All this is understated what I felt when my parents told me that after our move to the new house and my […]

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To all the shoe lunatics in the world!

by Silke Porath20. January 20199. January 2019 No Comments

Some people never go crazy. What a terrible life they must have”. Silke PorathSilke Porath lives together with her French husband in their home of […]