Tag: 2023
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Rugby World Cup 2023
I don’t know when I became a rugby fan. Perhaps, it was when most of my friends were from Australia and New Zealand. Perhaps, it was the first time I saw the haka performed. Perhaps, it was just a natural progression from growing up with sports on TV quite a lot to enjoying internationally celebrated…
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Struggling with the Italian Way…
The thing about being an expat is that there are cycles of culture shock that are forgotten about when living abroad for so long. We start to take think that just because we are experienced at the way of life we are exempt from the ups and downs of culture shock. Well, a rude awakening…
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On the Tara-Train Track: WootWoot!
Well, I promised an update from earlier in the week and so here it is. ð The time both flew by and also felt just right in providing me the space/break needed to get myself resettled into a routine/rhythm. As I had hoped, I got ahead of schedule on things and two of three manuscripts…
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Game of Catching-Up
It’s an interesting phenomenon that one inflicts a sense of urgency and demand on oneself even when not in an office environment or surroundings where it is easy to pinpoint the source. While my work from home fluctuates from trickles to tidal waves, I do not have what one would call “stressful” jobs as a…
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Autumnal Shifts
Summer used to be my favorite season. That was until anything hotter than about 85F turned me into a fiery devil! ðŋ Last summer, we had determined that we didn’t want to be in Italy for the August hell ðĨĩ temperatures since we spent about two weeks living in one room of the house during…
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On the way to 108
So, today I finished 70 sun salutations for Day 16 of my 28-day challenge to build up to 108 in one go. I wrote when I was starting it two weeks ago. When I woke up this morning, I was feeling keen. I thought to myself that it’s only another 38 rounds to the full…
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The Chaos Pendulum
Life is very good. People who do not know us or our history have told us that they can never imagine being able to live as we do. People who do not know us or our history think that what we have now was easy to obtain–for us. People who do not know us or…
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Importance of Fluidity
As someone who is a lover of planning and a general stickler for organizing, I amaze myself when I can be fluid – if I may toot my own horn. ð While we were gone, Peanut had to get a surgical procedure done to release a growing abscess. Our sitters were stars in helping out…
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28 Days to 108 Sun Salutations
So, I needed something to prepare myself for an online yoga class that I have agreed to teach *live* weekly. I must have been feeling weak in my desire to do something a bit more meaningful when I agreed to do it. ðĪŠ In any case, to ensure that my ankle is up for it…
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A Bit of Holiday in Western France
Although our lives are admittedly in the realm of “every day is a holiday”, we did take a week to really be on holiday. M has always wanted to surf in the Atlantic, so we headed that direction from our place in the Var, France. To break up the journey a bit, we revisited a…
