On Instagram I recently posted this photo of a strawberry smoothie at Goa, a little café by the beach where I live. I wrote: Breakfast on the beach. In february. My life right now…Amazing! My teenage daughter reacted and thought I was very tumblr which I of course had to look up to understand what…
About generosity
I write this while looking out over the Mediterranean sea. I’m not sitting in a restaurant or another public place. I sit at the dinner table in our rented house in Spain. Living in a house with this amazing and inspiring view would not have been possible without the help of our friends who live…
About surfing the waves in life
You know that feeling of knowing that something in your life is not right but ignoring it for a long time? You just know it in your gut but you make a choice every day to ignore it and keep doing the things you are doing. Because it: feels safe provides money *insert whatever your…
About the power of language
A couple of days ago we found a note in our mailbox here in Spain. We didn’t understand what it said in spanish and didn’t bother to translate it. Probably not the smartest move because I just found out what it meant: apparently the municipality turned off our electricity. Luckily this morning I just brewed…
About internet, privacy and the loss of control
I have always had a bit of a thing with internet and privacy, especially around social media and Google. I am easily suspicious of a lot of things online and I’m sure I’m not the only one pondering questions like: what is connected to what really? Is this for real or fake? What information about…