I have always liked having close friends to talk to. Those girly chats while drinking wine, laughing at ourselves, poking fun at each other… there is something so unique and necessary about having good girlfriends, a bond in our sisterhood, so thick and therapeutic. It does make for a more interesting life to share your…
Mom visited Hungary for five weeks. I hadn’t seen her in over three years, and before that four! When we moved away from Canada my mother frequented Europe on vacation, and I just assumed she would continue. However, as we age, the time change and our health doesn’t always let us continue the things we…
Living in Hungary also made me think about how much of our present behaviour is fuelled by the past. When people distrust even trustworthy people because they assume there must always be a hidden agenda, is it not time for change? When people remain angry about land, wars, borders and rights from one hundred or…
Selling the Walnut apartment and freeing up funds was the start of a very productive company for my husband. Me going back to school was also a personal development project, just less profitable short term! Daniel’s testing and building the Balaton house and the latest project completing the apartment projects were the biggest challenges in…
I turned 47 this year and the last four years since moving to Hungary have gone by so fast, so I decided this morning when I woke up to start a 50 before 50 list. I plan to visit the places I have always dreamed of going. And now that I am older, let’s hope…
There is this time in between my dreams and being awake, that I feel that I can control the outcome of my life, just by controlling my dreams. Do you ever have this? For me it normally right before my alarm clock goes off… It is during this time I think about strange little things……
Alfonz and Daniel went to wash the my car. A huge truck past by on the highway and splashed me with dirty brown runoff water, and my car was a disaster. Those of you who know Alfonz well, knows he likes things clean and tidy, so off we went to wash my car with Daniel….
I am an old bird who’s been around the block a few times. I should have had my childhood analyzed and wrapped up in a pretty pink bow by now. Well, not quite. As I age, the more knowledge I collect, the more I understand why things are the way they are. But certain things…
Fresh out of university a teacher starts their work with the newest and the most up to date information in their field. Then 20 years later, that same teacher holds on to his teaching methods because he wants to believe the notion that his university degree still has the same value. I guess we need…
Hungary is an interesting place. Sometimes it all makes sense like a picture that comes into focus and you have a clear shot of exactly what is going on here. Other times you see behaviour that is so far North of centre; reactions that spin out of control towards crazy, that you wonder what species…