Usually on a Sunday, my husband and I do our own thing and meet up later on. Works well. Today for some reason we both ended up doing ‘stuff’ around the house and messed about in the garden doing some Fall/Autumn preparation. Twas unusual and twas fun. Now I have it on good authority that [...]
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Domestic Blitz
Posted in Being where you are on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Placeholder of keeper?
Posted in Being where you are on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You move to a new location and you find this really cool activity group that has a few people from your home country in it. Never mind that they get together once a week to read poetry as they pole dance to bagpipe music, you are so relieved to be with familiar people, you would [...]
Checking out the plumbing
Posted in Being where you are on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There was this guy in my coaching group who said that his teacher had wanted them to truly and fully experience the present. So he told them to lay down under their kitchen sinks, stick their heads underneath and look at all the things that made their sinks work… for 15 minutes. Nothing else. [...]
Your pace or mine?
Posted in Being where you are on October 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When we arrive in a new place, one of the first things we sense (yet may not consciously recognize) is the pace of life. The way that people move through their work, leisure, recreation, exercise and transport lives seems to be an indication or reflection of the bigger picture of the country and its culture. [...]
Tick Tock
Posted in Being where you are on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It occurred to me today, that time plays such a big part in our lives abroad. It also occurred to me that we don’t take enough of it for most things, we don’t give it credit for other things, or we take for granted that we will always have it. I spoke to [...]
Being where you are
Posted in Being where you are on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It occurred to me an hour ago that I didn’t have a ‘topic’ for this week. I bet you all sit out there thinking ‘She must be so organized and does this blog and all..’ and here I am disappointing y’all! It also occurred to me that this little lack of prophetic preparation is a [...]
