• Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 16 | Blossoming chestnut trees and view on Basel's cathedral

    April Showers

    It only took one day for the summery temperatures of the weekend to be replaced by cool and rainy April weather, which has dominated the whole week and my mood.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 15 | View over Creux de Van to the Swiss Alps

    A kind of copy & paste

    Somehow this week was quite similar to the previous one. After a few days full of work, a great hike was on the agenda at the weekend.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 14 | A view down to Basel from Wenkenpark

    Cheers to everyday life

    Of some weeks, only a single highlight sticks in the memory because the rest of the time was spent doing business as usual. This everyday life that we always perceive as insignificant and yet takes up so much of our lives.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 13 | The place I work and live in Basel

    From nothing nothing comes

    March is coming to an end with another intensive week of work and with it the end of the first quarter of 2024. I had some thoughts about dream related work.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 12 | Blooming Apple Tree

    Meeting Horst

    Another week filled with lots of work, blossoms of spring and blossoms of new artworks. And a special encounter during a run. 

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 11 | Close-up of a Magnolia blossom

    Great little things

    After another quite packed week, I am having some thoughts about the little things in life that give rise to great results and that are worth being recognized as precious as the results themselves.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 10 | Roche Towers reflecting in the Rhine river

    Swapping the rivers

    Airplanes fly fast and transport people from A to B in the shortest possible time. Emotions, on the other hand, are sometimes slower.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 09 | The San Remo seen from Central Park

    About colors and feelings

    The ninth week was a rollercoaster of emotions and weather. Melancholy and anticipation, cold rain and warm spring days.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 08 2024 | View on the skyline of Chicago

    A visit to the Windy City

    It’s interesting how different the individual weeks can be. After the last two were rather monotonous, this week was packed with variety and new things.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 07 2024 | Snow fall in Amsterdam Avenue

    Endless winter

    Winter has pulled out all the stops again this week. A potpourri of gray, silent days, snow flurries and deep blue, but very cold and windy moments.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 06 2024 | Trees and wall pattern at Woodbridge train station

    Between laziness and productivity

    I sometimes have phases in which I admit that I tend to be lazy. This week was somewhat characterized by this, but in the end it was a productive and fulfilling one.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 05 2024 | Sunrise seen from the New York apartment

    The return of the sun

    After what felt like an eternity, sunny days returned at the end of the week, creating a spring-like mood and a nice end to a fairly productive week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 04 2024 | Riverside Park next to the elevated Riverside Highway

    Average days

    Even if you are surrounded by countless offers, there is also something like an everyday life in New York and days that just come and go.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 03 2024 | Snow in Central Park

    Winter reloaded

    New York welcomed me in the same way that Basel bid me farewell: white and bitterly cold. But the week was affected by jet lag anyway and I took it easy.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 02 2024 | Orphanage Basel

    A white winter week

    Winter has finally shown its best side, with cold, frost and snow. The first, and probably last winter week in Basel this season for me.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 01 2024 - Mosaic by Hans Weidmann

    New year, same old happiness

    The start of the new year was unspectacular and tranquil, which was exactly what I was looking for in these troubled times.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 52 2023 - Early morning light

    Between the years

    Those special days between Christmas and New Year… you look back and at the same time wonder what might come, hoping everything will be getting better.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 51 2023 - Silhouette of Basel cathedral

    Winter solstice week

    Winter solstice at last! In contrast to the summer solstice, this dark time of year fills me deep down with anticipation for longer and brighter days.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 50 2023 - Trees and hedges

    The diversity of December days

    I have to admit, I didn’t start the new week very enthusiastically, which had begun gray and dark. I had the feeling that all days consisted of nothing but night.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 49 2023 | Snow covered Black Forest hills

    Rules of Life

    This week I involuntarily received a refresher course on how life works and that it doesn’t always go the way you want it to. But what you can do is make the best of it.

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