What is a quest? ‘A long or arduous search for something.‘ It happens to be the most prominent theme of the book The Hobbit written by J.R.R. Tolkien; the transformation of the Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. He starts off a shy creature living in the shire, small and meek, with a very tiny radios of…
Finally after COVID-19 quarantine and distance teaching and learning, then going back for the final three week to teach my grade seven classes at the French private school and juggling the back and forth between actual classes and online classes; I am on vacation! I am not fully off the hook though, as I am…
Not last summer but the summer before, during our holidays in Igal at their wellness centre, I was devoured by a local spider. It managed to bite me on my stomach six times as I slept. It was during the heat of August and my body’s reaction was unbelievable! Swelling, giant red patches with a…
It was the strangest feeling. Heading to downtown Budapest after months of blissful isolation in our town of Solymar, Alfonz and I were dressed and ready to hit a few different places on this beautiful Sunday morning between the predicted storms. We left early, or so we thought; before 10:00 and I had somehow convinced…
It is the strangest thing. During quarainte I wake up each morning whenever the sun shines through the curtains, the rain hits the windows, I hear the birds chirping outside, or one of the children forgets that I am still sleeping and accidentally wake me up; yet I always feel rested, refreshed, and ready to…
We are all officially online, and it has come with many challenges; mostly for parents who are now not only the providers, caregivers, cooks, and maids to their families but also their teachers! Yah, I said it! Parents are now the teachers, incharge of educating their children and themselves on all the online applications and…
So here we are. Stuck at home for who knows how long, but maybe it is a blessing in disguise ? We learned about this type of thing in history class when we read about the millions who died from the Black Plague, Spanish flu or more recently the bird flu. We saw the documentaries…
Daniel is searching for a university and I love that Europe has so many options for young adults. Last week his Grade 11 class went to Paris to visit a university fair. He said he felt sad to leave and loved the city of love! The fair itself was much like the one here in…
What a year this has been! Not too many complaints really. I think the biggest thing we did this year was take three weeks off to travel around Europe in the van. I loved every second of it. We completely checked out for a little while and took a much needed break from life! We…
It was one hell of a week! Friday evening Angelina came home with a fever. I gave her 200 mg. of ibuprofen and sat her in front of the TV to relax. She went to bed. The next morning her fever persisted. I gave her 400 mg of ibuprofen and water. She sat in front…