Writing on the Road

My name is Layne Mosler, and I'm an American-born writer and editor based in Berlin, Germany.

I cover food, travel, and human interest stories. You can read many of them at taxigourmet.com, and in my upcoming book, Driving Hungry (Vintage, 2014).
This is Peter Bonev - the legendary Bulgarian bagpiper - playing outside in Sofia.  As a writer, I’ve always envied musicians - but I think the thing I’m most jealous of is their ability to busk. Guys like Peter can take their instruments outside and transfix anyone who chooses to pay attention. But maybe a writer can busk after all? Maybe I can take my typewriter somewhere and write poems and love letters and goodbye letters on the spot? People can pay nothing - or whatever they think my words are worth.  On July 31, I’m going to try word busking at the Boxhagener Platz Flohmarkt in Berlin.

This is Peter Bonev - the legendary Bulgarian bagpiper - playing outside in Sofia. 

As a writer, I’ve always envied musicians - but I think the thing I’m most jealous of is their ability to busk. Guys like Peter can take their instruments outside and transfix anyone who chooses to pay attention.

But maybe a writer can busk after all? Maybe I can take my typewriter somewhere and write poems and love letters and goodbye letters on the spot? People can pay nothing - or whatever they think my words are worth. 

On July 31, I’m going to try word busking at the Boxhagener Platz Flohmarkt in Berlin.

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