Have you ever been to Ajaccio?Ajaccio is the capital of the Mediterranean island of Corsica - famously the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. It is situated in a sheltered position on the West coast of the island and enjoys a climate very similar to the French Riviera (Corsica...See More »
Das Gute an einer freien Woche ist ...I can catch up with my reading! I didn't realise I had so many books on the go just now and that so many could do with being finished. I have brought five of them with me for the trip. We are in the train to get to Livorgno. The best part of today...See More »
Als christlicher Schüler ist Ruhe unerlässlich.Ich glaube, in so vielen Situationen wie möglich ruhig zu sein, ist der klügste Weg, weil Ihre Leidenschaften es dem Monster, das Ihr Ego ist, ermöglichen, Sie von christlichen Idealen wegzuführen.
Long on my list! [I Love Pablo Neruda's Poetry]I have this book of Neruda's poetry that I have always said I will read, and I've only just started it. I like his expressions.
Eine Ode über eine Kröte mit grünem Aussehen ist glänzend! [I Love Poems]There was a large leaf from rhubarb growing floppy, There was a cook whose service was sloppy, Beneath all sight there was a toad shiny and green, He was waiting upon the spoons fall so keen.
Donnerstag Geständnis [I Confession]Yesterday late afternoon, and the previous four Thursdays, late afternoon, I have been walking over to Saint Paul's to see Father Alexander and make my reconciliation confession to him, at his church house, to find a little peace from the tumult in...See More »
Holiday Snapz!I am having a week away from tomorrow, and I'm hoping it will be the time to take some good SNAPZ! Three days in the Ajaccio region of Corsica and then four days in Sardinia! With my best friend! It will be a time to clear my head I hope! A time to...See More »
Have you ever been a spectator at the Olympics? I went to the 2012 Olympics in London, when I was fifteen, almost sixteen years old. It was a great adventure because I had never been to England until then. We stayed at a small hotel in a suburb called Greenwich, and we took the Emirates Air Lines...See More »
Thought for today. You like it?Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart By the quieting of my mind. Steady my harried pace With a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, Amidst the confusions of my day, The...See More »
Do you identify requests to videochat as a means for some strangers to break into your world, or is it more friendly to agree to it?
Do you like filtered coffee or are you the freeze dried instant coffee type?Have you ever bought three or four types of beans, mixed them up and put them in your Krupps grinder?
Next week, three days on Corsica and four on Sardinia! I'm hoping the weather will hold as my best girl friend and I are having a two centre holiday! This is our villa in Sardinia... We've been there before, and the week after us my brother and his fiancee will be there for two weeks!
What is the most random fact i know? Hard one, but...Did you know that Hitler refused to annex the German people in northern Italy, who had until 1918 been Austrians because he wanted Mussolini as an ally? Seems strange when he preached about one country for the German people!
Reflection for today, on Rembrandt's "Parable of the Workers in the vineyard", at the Hermitage, St Petersburg.Gospel of 19th August 2020 - Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus said to his disciples: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day, and sent them...See More »
Ich denke viel über meine eigene Geschichte nachHistory was a favourite subject when I was at school, and as I reflect I have been thinking that I very much have my own history to relate that in time might tell a young woman's point of view of our tumultuous times. My history teacher was a man,...See More »
Did you see this on Vatican News?The Pope's charity has donated eight intensive care ventilators and six Fuji ultrasound scanners to needy hospitals in Brazil working with Covid-19 patients. The apostolic almoner, Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said the donations were made...See More »