“After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.” Chuck Palahniuk The international term is long. Three semesters, not four. 13 week stints. It wears you down. Teachers walk a tightrope of health. Surrounded by disease infected, snotty nosed, virus collecting children that…
Category: Dubai
Weather Warning
“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.” Murray Bookchin It is Friday morning and we are skipping a morning paddle so I head to the gym. I finished The Ecology of Freedom last night. It was heavy going. The sort of book you read a…
Under the Weather
Thursday and another challenging week at work. “The ways by which you may get money almost without exception lead downward.” Henry David Thoreau We open a bottle of wine. Our last bottle of wine. Barolo. A pang of concern after we finish a single glass and decide not to drink any more. Is there underlying…
The Mid Week Post
Pressure from the editing team (Shell) and the fan base regarding posting more content. Shell seems to think that an in depth look at some of the wines we drink might have appeal. Personally, I was thinking about discussing some of the books I have been reading in more detail. Shell believes reading is a…
Expectations
When readership is low, their voice is powerful. If there was a survey, 100% of readers would tell me my posting is below standard and I need to do better. To my one reader, thank you for the feedback. “Forgiveness is a heartache and difficult to achieve because strangely, it not only refuses to eliminate…
The Healing Ocean
The title of this post makes me nauseous. Thursday, another challenging week. Not without its rewards. “I don’t like work–no man does–but I like what is in the work–the chance to find yourself.” Joseph Conrad We head home and there is no question wine needs to be opened. A mixed grill from Al Jawareh and…
Loop
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost It has been some time since my last post. A few weeks ago we had a visit from Jol, and it was good to see him. We have been working, and paddling and life is on a loop….
Down and Out in Dubai
It is Thursday and Shell has had a tough week. There is no need to go over details, we have all had one of those weeks where there is an accumulation of events and decisions that make you question where you re, why you are there, and how someone else’s decisions can ruin a week….
Commitment
“I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.” Tom Waits We have decided to take a month off drinking. This plan lasted a week and is probably why there has been no posts since we returned from Italy. There was nothing to say. The category for our day to day…