Sonnenfreunde Magazine 2021 May 2026

Uwe closed his eyes, letting the warmth seep into his bones. At sixty-four, he no longer came for the tan. He came for the silence. The quiet acceptance of body and nature, stripped of pretense.

The man flinched, then relaxed slightly. “Is it… allowed here? I mean, really allowed?” Sonnenfreunde Magazine 2021

A long silence. A finch sang. A child laughed from the water. Uwe closed his eyes, letting the warmth seep into his bones

Uwe watched as the man sat down stiffly behind a bush, still wearing his linen shorts. He looked like a spy in a foreign land, afraid to be discovered. Uwe closed his eyes

By Karl Vogt