Life is supposed to be like a rollercoaster

Life is supposed to be like a rollercoaster

Life is like a rollercoaster. You experience ups and downs. Sometimes you rise and sometimes you fall. During the ride there is fear and there is relief. There is pleasure and pain. It was December 2011, one of the wettest Decembers since 1906. January had a lot of...
What a magnificent show again!

What a magnificent show again!

8 pm. I’m sitting at my dinner table with a cup of the and a good book. The big sliding doors of the balcony are opened to let some fresh air in the apartment. It has been a warm day; 28 degrees (82 degrees Fahrenheit). I’m reading a book and now and then I stop to...
Singing blackbird

Singing blackbird

This morning at 5 am I was woken up by the song of a blackbird. It reminded me of my youth. Back then, from February onwards, a blackbird would wake me up with its song. Although I am having the flu, the sounds triggered in me a happy memory and the related happy...