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
Village life
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
A field of swans
For those of you who sailed through menopause without even noticing, I envy you. For those of you who have been through the horrors but
On structure, gaps, and COVID
Back in the early COVID days, I was chatting to a mate who was coming to terms with life without the structure of getting up
2020 Grateful 3: Revelling in the rural
I was born into a city. I might have been about 2 when we moved to a provincial town. And then to another city. And
2020 Grateful 15: As ghoulish as it gets
There’s one old lady in our village who’s never seen outside without a headscarf. There are a few of them, but the one I’m thinking
2020 Grateful 24: Storm damage
We had a doozy of a storm here the other night. It hit Zala county hard with reports of evacuations in some villages, major flooding
2020 Grateful 25: Ain’t life a peach?
Himself, at the door of my office with a look of consternation on his face. Me, engrossed in editing a piece of text on a
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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