Tag: NanoPoblano
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Yetis and Music, Walks and Other Smiles
Last week school was out for “All Saints Holidays” (strange name for school holidays in a country where showing religious signs in public spaces, especially in schools, isn’t allowed), and I had the occasion, to spend a whole day with just my daughter. When you are a big sister it…
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Nano Poblano 2019, here I am!
I still exist. And I want to be back in the world of blogging. The thing is, that in the past blogging went from fun to a chore. Posting regualarly, replying to comments, returning visits, visiting blogs I want to visit… After my mother’s death and even more so after…
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Rare repairs – Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 7 – Funny Or Strange Signs
This weekend, my family and I went on a very long walk in Paris, it was our thanksgiving walk. We went to republic and made our way through the sights of flowers and candles by the Bataclan. It was definitely strange, and difficult to grasp (I will probably write about…
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A big thank you!
Oh my, there are two days in my perfect posting month, and I am really struggling. So today I would like to thank you my readers! Thank you for reading, thank you for encouraging me to write and be creative. Thank you for all your comments and compliments! (I will…
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If we were having coffee 28 November 2015
If we were having coffee, then I would tell you that I am about to step outside, to go to my parents’ apartment to see my family. So that means that I won’t be around much. Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving, it was great with a lot of good food. Today…
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Horrible Teachers No Girl Wants To Have
Last week, I read the post The Thing All Women Do That You Don’t Know About by Gretchen Kelly and an avalanche of memories came back. Not just this post triggered them, there is also the fact that recently I have been thinking a lot about teaching, good and bad methods, about teachers…
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Today is Thanksgiving, a celebration that my family fully embraced while living in the US and exported to Europe. My first Thanksgiving was celebrated 15 years ago in New York with my mom’s cousin. I don’t recall the turkey, the food or anything really. I have a small recollection…
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Poetic Images
Even though our trip to Normandy this September was very short in days, we arrived a Monday and left a Wednesday after all, we definitely managed to make the most of our trip. In the morning before heading home, we purchased a lot of fish and headed for a walk…
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Chalk Lines
Last week, on the lookout for positive images from Paris, I came across something that was both beautiful and sad. Maybe sad is not the right term, maybe melancholic. I don’t stare at the ground, but keeping a vigilant eye is important as there can be some minor accidents regarding…
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Never Quit
I recall a poster that was located outside the library of my middle school, on it was a Macintosh menu (from the late 90s) the curser had selected “Never Quit” (normally on a mac it would say quit here). The first time I saw this was over 15 years ago, and…
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If we were having coffee 21 November 2015
If we were having coffee, then I would greet you with a smile and a hug. I would propose that we sit down for a warm cup of tea and a chat. You would probably ask me a whole lot of questions, which is understandable seen recent events here in…
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Gratitude #1000Speak
With the events that happened a week ago, I have thought a lot about gratitude, gratitude for the simple things in life, those that I and others often take for granted. I feel gratitude for life. With that I mean life in general, my life, human life, animal life, the…
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A walk on Omaha Beach
A week after Veteran’s Day, it is suitable to write about the D-Day landings. A few days after the Paris attacks it is too, because the soldiers who lost their lives in Normandy in June 1944 did so to bring safety, peace, freedom, and civil liberties back to continental Europe,…
Solveig Werner 