Thursday “Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” Roman Payne Summer is here in the country that is in a forever summer. UAE is hot or very hot, and the very hot weather has arrived. Mid 40’s. Shell is at another campus today and she is home before me. When I…
Category: the grind
Fitting Five Into Four
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell Thursday Done for the week. There was quite a bit of excitement when we moved to a country with a four day work week. You cannot complain about a three day weekend. It all goes…
The Wet Desert
“Yet complicated people were getting wet – not only the shepherds. For instance, the piano-tuner was sopping. So was the vicar’s wife. E.M. Forster Thursday It is raining, again, which means it is flooding, again. Working from home. Yesterday I put this quote up for the class – “To tell the truth is very difficult,…
Bouncing Back
“You were sick, but now you’re well again, and there’s work to do.” Kurt Vonnegut I started to feel better Monday. On Tuesday I was back in the gym. I have defeated AIDS. I am invincible. Thursday “Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information…
When it Rains it Floods
“The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I’m drenched but I can’t move.” Paulo Coelho Thursday We only had one day at school. Storms hit Monday night and Dubai has been flooded all week. Two days after the rain has stopped, there is still flooding….
Dubai Grinding
“Depression is melancholy minus its charms.” Susan Sontag It is Thursday morning and I smell of melancholy. I let Shell sleep and I read before we head to the gym. It is good to be back in the gym. Like a strange omen, Shell comes down with the runs. As she returns from the toilet,…
Arrivals – Budapest
“But I now leave my cetological System standing thus unfinished, even as the great Cathedral of Cologne was left, with the crane still standing upon the top of the uncompleted tower. Herman Melville Thursday Long terms are not much fun, but they are satisfying to conclude. Di is visiting for a few days before she…
Wanderess
“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.” Roman Payne We don’t celebrate birthdays. Today Rachelle turns 40. People…
Countdown
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin Thursday and I am finally feeling better. I didn’t get to the gym until Wednesday morning. We head home and have an early dinner and an early wine. “If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself…