“You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.” Saul Bellow We are up early and I make breakfast. I use all of the truffle butter in the eggs. Pack and leave. A six hour drive to Budapest. “There was nothing to talk about anymore. The…
Last Night in Grožnjan
“I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t…
Lazy Days
“Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.” Susan Sontag Sleep in. When there is no need to wake up, your body takes as much sleep as it needs. Breakfast at 11.00…
Home to Grožnjan
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu Back to Boogie Lab for breakfast. We have slept in. By the time we finish breakfast, it is time to leave for Grožnjan. We take a slow drive to Grožnjan, and Shell detours to Benvenuti Winery. I have…
Back to the River
“Year after year he wondered if he should go back and year after year felt it all recede from him past hope, past endeavour . . . He could not find his way back there.” Iris Murdoch A good night’s sleep. We shower and take a slow walk to Boogie Lab. This has been our…
Zagreb Diversion
“Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength;mastering yourself is true power.” Lao Tzu Another 11 hour sleep. We lay in bed. Watching the footy and reading. Today, we leave for Zagreb—a couple of days in the city. I always like Zagreb. After we finished our ride, we stayed in a tiny…
Time is Standing Still
“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” Kurt Vonnegut Another 10 hour sleep. I wake up slowly, then lay and doze. This is the way. Time has slowed. Everything lasts longer with nothing to do. Another winery today, Fakin Wines. First, breakfast. Eggs and truffles on sour dough….
Ročka Konoba
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway Almost 11 hours of sleep and I feel much better. The sun coming through the open window, birds chirping, the breeze on my face, but it was the church bells that woke me. We lay in bed…
Fog
“In ordinary perception, the senses send an overwhelming flood of information to the brain, which the brain then filters down to a trickle it can manage for the purpose of survival in a highly competitive world. Man has become so rational, so utilitarian, that the trickle becomes most pale and thin. It is efficient, for…