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…
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,…
Departures – Budapest
“It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. It now becomes clear on the contrary that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning” Albert Camus Another blue sky. I watch the sun hit Szabadság tér. A symbol of…
The Last Night In Budapest
“I would have stayed a hundred times and I would have left one time only – still, I left.” Mihail Drumeş We are up early and there is a deliberate lethargy to our actions that has nothing to do with tiredness and everything to do with a reluctance to leave. Breakfast is not until 8.00…
Slovakia – The Tartra Mountains
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” John Muir A great night’s sleep. Up early for another…