Category: A to Z Challenge – April 2016
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Reflections #AtoZChallenge 2016
Reflections A to Z Challenge 2016 This year, I participated for the 2nd time in the A to Z Challenge. Some letters were tough, for others the word I wrote about appeared in my head days, or even weeks before I wrote the post in question. Last year I had…
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Z is for Zoned-Out #AtoZChallenge
Z is for Zoned-Out Last night I zoned-out again. I was sitting on the carpet no longer completely present, no longer completely realising what was going on around me. S called me back to what was going on. I think that zoning-out is something that happens, to everyone. It happens…
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W is for Waiting #AtoZChallenge
W is for Waiting waiting for the bus waiting for it to snow waiting for the second pink line waiting for a yes, for a no, an answer waiting for a green light waiting for the rain to stop waiting to be admitted to university
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V is for V #AtoZChallenge
V is for V When I speak English I have a very strange accent. A mixture of American and British English depending on the words spoken and the people I talk to. When I moved to France and came back to the USA to visit a year later, everyone said…
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U is for Unique #AtoZChallenge
U is for Unique You are unique! You are unique, just like this stone in my hand.
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T is for Teaching #AtoZChallenge
T is for Teaching My favourite T word was already used last year. Seen that I am not in time with this post, I am a bit late, I did realise that many people did write about time too. You might enjoy this post in relation to time. I have…
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S is for Secret #AtoZChallenge
S is for Secret Many many years ago, our next door neighbour came to see my mother to share a secret with her. I found my conversation with my mum interrupted so that our neighbour could share what weighed her heart. She said that it would be better if I…
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R is for Rainbow #AtoZChallenge
R is for Rainbow When water and sun meet we are lucky to see a rainbow. When in the biblical story of Noah’s arch the rainbow is seen, it is interpreted as a sign of hope, a sign that it will not be raining forever. When I see a rainbow,…
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Q is for Quest #AtoZChallenge
Q is for Quest The letter Q does not lack words to write about. But Q did not place a word into my head to let my consciousness flow. Starting at the blank screen, the word Quest popped into my head. Very fitting, after all today I am on a Quest to…
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N is for Nine #AtoZChallenge
N is for Nine I am a 9, a 36/9 to be exact. On top of that I am in year 9, thus closing a cycle. About a year ago I picked up my mom’s copy of Dan Millman’s The Life You Were Born to Live (in German). Since then I…
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M is for Mmm #AtoZChallenge
M is for Mmm My A to Z muse seems to be on a break for the letter M. Well I actually have a lot of M words floating in my head, Mother, Mistake (wait that was last year’s M word), Minute, Midway (as we are midway through the Alphabet today!), Müll (meaning garbage), Madame, Music, Middle school. None of…