“This is today’s specialty!” we were told. “Maybe you don’t see it now, but when you do, you’ll know just how special it is,” she said… and she was absolutely right! The person who brought the specialty of the day was the teacher of this group that holds monthly tea lessons and of which… Continue reading Hit the “paw’s” button, not “claw’s”
Maybe when we are babies, the world is very simple. It is all about “me,” at all times, everywhere. You hardly recognize your own body as being yours (I love the expression babies have when they first discover their toes… it is universally cute!), so why should you recognize what is you and what is… Continue reading On the up and up
Lately in my homeland, there has been an alarming number of reports on product quality falsification by some of the most well-known companies in various industries, many of them for multiple years and sometimes systemically… too much, if you asked me. I find it alarming mainly for two reasons: one, because it raises concern… Continue reading Such a thing as too much
One of the biggest reasons I call my second hometown so is my undying love for its professional team of a particular sport. It welcomed me in when I first moved there, being the first thing I learned anew effortlessly. The team is such an integral part of the town, its presence can be… Continue reading Watching his-story in the making
Do you ever get the feeling that, once you are passed a certain age, you begin to grow older faster? Well, I am feeling the acceleration more and more these days. My hair has gotten much greyer (don’t laugh, but I found a grey nose hair the other day – shocking!), my face has… Continue reading What would have been the February 27, 2017 post: Grow old together
In my final year in school, I took on a part-time job to teach at an all-girls junior college. I was a last-minute addition, recruited by someone I met while I was specializing in Education – I had no prior teaching experience, but she had confidence that I could manage, having learned the fundamental theories… Continue reading Greatest good for the greatest number
He’s done it again! At the same venue he won last year, one of my favourite countrymen athletes came out a winner once again this weekend. He came into this tournament much the same way he did last year, having had an abysmal time the week before. And his plays this week were by… Continue reading Changing to stay the same
There is a TV show in my homeland that focuses on professionals. It picks up the one individual who is thought to be the absolute crème de la crème of their profession, either by their peers, their clients, or by themselves, and documents what constitutes professionalism in the work that they do. And at the… Continue reading The epitome of “professional-watching”
Anyone got to enjoy the super moon last night? I heard it was the biggest and brightest full moon in sixty-eight years, so I sat by my window hoping to get a glimpse of it, but it rained all night in my town and I missed it completely… BIG SIGH! But, we did get… Continue reading All good if made good
I try to portray a coherent “me.” I have a few simple rules I set for myself to maintain myself within a certain range of acceptableness. I hold steady standards by which I rate my emotions so that people around me are clear on how I will react. But, I am only human. I… Continue reading Like me, not like me
Water flowing, flower floating 