Archiv der Kategorie: General

Keep moving

Keep moving There are times – it seems actually most of the time at the moment – when I feel like a little toy figure in need of someone to come along and wind it up to set it in … Weiterlesen

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Going on

Eight weeks and still counting. Every Sunday I am still acutely aware of the clock, remembering what happened at this time and at this time… In the meantime, a few applications and forms have been processed, a few more signatures … Weiterlesen

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Saying good-bye to Peter

In the mornings when I open my eyes and see that the other side of the bed is empty, out of habit I check whether he has brought me coffee yet. When there is no coffee, I get up to … Weiterlesen

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To be continued …

When I accidentally knocked this blog offline trying to update it and then wasn’t able to fix it for over a month, I was beginning to think it might be a sign that it’s time to give it up. The … Weiterlesen

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Not quite that quiet

Since the last entry in this blog is from October and I haven’t been doing a very good job of keeping up with email correspondence, it probably looks as though I haven’t been doing anything at all. That is not … Weiterlesen

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Leaving Home

Last Friday my first-born child left home. Even though Christopher has only moved to Vienna, even though Vienna is only temporary, the point is that his parents’ home is no longer where he lives. He will come back of course, … Weiterlesen

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Here we are now, late August again

Perhaps the real test of the progress I have made in recovering my ability to concentrate will be when I am able to blog regularly again – both here and on the other blogs where I am supposed to be … Weiterlesen

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A time for dreaming, a time for … what now?

The dreaming started in August 2008, or at least that was when I first became aware of it. That was when Christopher started showing me the acting schools he was interested in applying to and talking about how to go … Weiterlesen

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Sometimes it takes a long time to say good-bye

My brother Daniel called me in my office yesterday to tell me that Mother died peacefully in her sleep during the night. Unlike Amy’s death a year and a half ago, this was not unexpected, not a sudden life-changing shock. … Weiterlesen

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Elves, Pirates and Jedi

Some time shortly before Christmas, when I was still feeling energetic and determined to finish everything before our visitors arrived, Paddy suggested one evening that we could watch Lord of the Rings together. By the time we got through part … Weiterlesen

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