2022 Grateful 4: A new village tradition?
Advent wreaths? They’re lovely. Advent calendars? They’re great. But Advent houses? That’s a new thing entirely. For me, at least. Turns out the Lutherans had
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2022 Grateful 8: A home inside myself
I have friends who are struggling. Health issues. Financial issues. Relationship issues. I’m struggling to make sense of the world we’re living in. I tell
2022 Grateful 12: Sound Bath
The village keeps on surprising. One of our newest residents has introduced me to a whole new world of the sound bath.
2022 Grateful 13: La’Mar
The two Istváns have been quietly lauding a little restaurant in Zalakaros called La’Mar that I had yet to try. It punctuates a line of
2022 Grateful 16: Small kindnesses
I was struck this week that the nénis had noted my absence. I was away for a while, back for a few days, and gone
Reading into number plates
Many moons ago, many lifetimes ago, when I lived in LA, I took great delight in reading number plates. Vanity plates, they called them. I’d
2021 Grateful 8: Visiting Esztergályhorváti
Moving from small-town Alaska, I craved city life. I wanted to be able to go to museums and art galleries. I wanted to have access
2021 Grateful 26: The gift of boredom and birds
A couple of things happened today that distracted me from the heat.
2021 Grateful 27: Catastrophe averted
After spending hours picking cherries and then standing over a bowl pitting them, I was all for preserving them in the simplest way possible: a
2021 Grateful 29: Free gym membership
If I could claim back all the money I spent on gym memberships, I’d be able to buy another of Michael Pettet’s paintings and another
When I bought a house in a small village near the Kis Balaton in Western Hungary, I only ever intended it to be a weekend/holiday getaway. But village life has worked its magic and now I find it hard to leave.
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