There is a time to come, and there is a time to go. The time to go has now come. And as usual, the time to go is the time to clean. Today we have been restoring order in the house we occupied for four months. That’s always a satisfying business. So, when we finished … Read more
There are a lot of things we miss out on. Such as salt. We try to balance our food as much as possible considering our wishes and what’s available in reasonably healthy foodstuff. Salt is not on our food list. As I explained earlier, most foods contain enough natural salts to get you through the … Read more
This is going to be our view for the next two months. Not bad, is it? ^hm
And again all stuff has to be packed because we’re moving. It’s at least the tenth time this year. Because we stayed at all kinds of different places, we now feel like real nomads. This is not a reference to the motor club but to the small tribes that cross the desert. Or any other … Read more
The exercises I do in the morning are getting ingrained. That’s a good thing for my body. Yet not such a good thing for my brain. Brain cells only renew when they learn new things. So it’s time to make some new routines. That way I can alternate between sets and my brain has to … Read more
Most of the time when it’s so hot as it has been for the last weeks, we do our daily walk in the evening. And often we see a magnificent sunset. When it’s cloudless it is just an orange ball of fire sinking behind the mountains. But clouds make it even more spectacular. We really … Read more
If we go out for lunch or dinner on Tom’s birthday, he is always afraid that I will warn the waiter. And that he will end up with a silly hat on his head or a balloon tied to his chair. Or even worse: a waiters’ choir singing Happy Birthday with a burning candle on … Read more
When the grandchildren are staying with us for a whole week, we have a perfect chance of observing them. They are so different from each other. Apart from the age obviously. The eldest dives into new things, is easily bored, wants to do things the right way immediately and if he can’t he just as … Read more
“Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late!” mutters the White Rabbit while constantly looking at his watch in Lewis Caroll’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Cleaning up the house for the visiting relatives, a week ago, I found this watch that doesn’t even remotely resemble the White Rabbit’s watch. But still, it was … Read more
Out here in the campo (countryside) live a lot of dogs. Our neighbor has six. They bark all day. So we move at the end of the week to another house. The best way to experience dogs is by walking through the campo. Every self-respecting farmer or house owner has at least one dog. Some … Read more