When I think of “Strength” I directly think of the Haindl Tarot. It is the only Tarot deck I own and I used to do a lot of readings for myself with it. Lately, I have moved to Colette Baron-Reid’s Wisdom of Avalon cards. I do not know much about Tarot. […]
I wasn’t a child or teenager when I read “The Hunger Games”. I was in my forties and it was one of the books that I thought I would never read. The idea that children and teenagers are taken into an arena and fight to the death was just too […]
Ok, today I am starting a little bit more serious than the last couple of days. Because… well, because quirky is a little unusual and it just fits in this quirky way to start seriously. So, lets see what the dictionaries say: Good old Merriam Webster says about quirky: : […]
This topic does not inspire confidence. Some feel obliged to create perfection with their work. And for those, I bet it is not a problem. It is motivation to go beyond and be unique. But like so many topics it is a little personal. For me a perfect day is […]
Not quite sure what to do with this post of mine. Of course, the famous song of the civil rights movement comes to mind. It helped at times even though for a long time I didn’t realise there is something to overcome for me. And then I did realise but […]
I live now. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Not anytime else. Now. Told myself this a lot of times. Was told this a lot of times. Wrote about it a lot of times. Being mindful does help to keep this in mind but maybe that is exactly the problem: Keeping it […]
Oh dear, is there anything new I could say about mistakes? We should own them. We should learn from them. Humans make them. All the stuff that’s said to make us feel better, move on and … … and what? Not let our self-esteem suffer. Gain some self-esteem? I’ve made […]
Today I allowed myself a luxury. I had a coffee with lots of hot chocolate and vanilla sugar. Usually, I would have some spices too but we are running a little low and I haven’t found an affordable source yet outside of supermarkets. Hadn’t planned to use this word for […]
