Author: astrid

A well-known TV series set in a hospital environment has for long been cherished by the two girls of the house. My own first encounter with the program happened accidentally one evening a couple of years ago when I dropped down in the sofa next to the girls (both then well into their teens) to […]

The little technicalities,  the tiny trivialities the unimportant bagatelle may joy and inspiration quell Unfriendly words  persistent nerds can make you frown may weigh you down A broken dish will make you mad a dead, old fish oh, my, so sad! No peace of mind is there to find; that you are bad  is not […]

My system, has asked for a time out For reasons quite manifold I certainly hope it’s a short bout Right now it is leaving me “cold” My writing, my love and my passion J Will have to be put on hold I hope you will wait with compassion For stories that long to be told […]

A while ago I read Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. I was fascinated by the book, the author and the country which he so vividly described, India. The former convict relates a story that is as revealing about his own life and the complex nature of his character, as of the many faceted and in […]

Today I had a plan. Or a to-do-list. I often make lists. Usually, just before I go to bed I jot down things that reealy need to be done and things I’d like to have accomplished, but don’t grow stale if they wait another day. More often than not, therefore, the list comprises things that […]

We live in a country with few large scale natural disasters. No typhoons or cyclones,  no  volcano eruptions threatening to wipe out entire cities, no earthquakes to speak of (in front of Californians, Japanese or others living on top of faults between constantly shifting tectonic plates) and no heath waves in the real, southerly sense […]