A promise
I received a message asking me what the secret was to making change - I cannot pretend to have any answers, only what works for me. Today anyway. So here is my list;1. Keep moving. When negative...
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The Tram Stop
In Zurich, it is important that the Bahnhofstraße saturday shoppers enjoy a little entertainment too. This is one of the things I love about living here. I am always surprised. Like on Saturday, when...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Sunday
Okay, I confess that I love watching the Super Bowl in part (okay mostly) for the half time show and the commercials. I was even thinking of staying up into the wee hours last night such so that I...
View ArticleSong for a Time
I love music. All of it. Okay, not country music - it is a little too serious for my sensitive side. But what makes me love a song most of all are the lyrics. Sometimes a phrase within a song, or...
View ArticleAnd so it Begins...
Well, I guess it is time to begin. Yesterday I was on a phone call and the person I was attempting to communicate with declared that I spoke better German than she did English. I had no other option...
View ArticleYoga and a Finnish Sauna
Nudity. Yeah I know - here I go again. But seriously are things ever different here in Europe. Years later I am still getting used to it. This past week tested me again. Lets start with yoga, and...
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Same Time Next Year?
The arrival of June marks my one year anniversary with a Swiss postal code. I can hardly believe that much time has past since I arrived. It is also somewhat unfathomable that I have been out of...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Choice
Remember the 'paradox of choice' he said.As I continued on with my lazy Sunday afternoon I kept pondering that notion in various aspects of my own life. Did it apply to me? Did I sometimes feel...
View ArticleTimeless & Time less
Thanks for the few messages, seems the Canadian tunes are a hit :)Unfortunately I am outta time today, but I will leave you with a Bryan Adams classic. Yep he is a Canadian too, but I am pretty sure...
View ArticleWarm & Fuzzy
I feel all warm and fuzzy inside tonight. Perhaps it is because I am reflecting on the Friday evening BBQ and the wonderful people and rapid fire banter, or maybe the memory of the Saturday afternoon...
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Home
My friends and I often discuss the concept of "home". As time passes, and experiences culminate, so does that idealism of "home". It becomes more about where you feel that familiar tug and warmth we...
View ArticleLaughter in Learning
Today I enjoyed a wonderful long lazy brunch with a number of friends. We drank too much coffee, shared stories of our weekend and talked of everything and nothing all at once. The language we...
View ArticleFarewell to a Season
I have had a great summer. Long afternoons spent lakeside, swimming and chatting with the girls. Alfresco evenings absorbing the romance of candle light, dark summer night skies and the lingering...
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The Stressful Kiss
Kissing is a big thing in Switzerland. Actually, it is in Europe in general. Some places two kisses are customary, but here it is three. In Canada we hug, shake hands or do nothing. A kiss is for...
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The Italian Faux Pas
I remember the first time my Italian friend made me dinner. He asked me to set the table which I did. When he saw what I had done, he said "we are having spaghetti, not soup." Confused I pointed out...
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Never Forget
I was a bit reflective this week. Thinking about the past - the moments, the people. The ones I left behind. So many memories. It is difficult sometimes - to rationalize the need to make a change....
View ArticleA Reason
It is Saturday morning and I am enjoying some text chats with a couple of girlfriends while sipping on my fourth morning coffee. I am aware that there is nothing particularly unique about that,...
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