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
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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
2021 Grateful 30: See what you see
Being on the road in the early morning or early evening requires a heightened sense of awareness down our way. Cars are not nearly as
2021 Grateful 31: Unplugged
Before I went out for my morning round of the village, I tried to download a book to take with me. I logged onto various
2021 Grateful 32: Eggsactly!
There was a time in a previous life when you’d find me at the theatre at least twice if not three times a week. In
2021 Grateful 45: At the end of the road
For several years now, when taking the back roads home from Nagykanizsa, I’ve passed a signpost to Zalaújlak. Each time I’ve promised myself that someday
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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