It all started almost twenty years ago. He returned from a trip in Sinai, Egypt. We were both students. We worked in students job. He was sitting with his back to me and I was sitting with my back to…
Wander and wonder in Vietnam
After a month in our own house in Hoi An it’s about time to move on. We travel Vietnam from south to north. We entered Vietnam from Cambodia and make our way slowly up north towards the border with Laos,…
Homeschooling and family life in a pressure cooker
Tough competition is raging between two items: Exhibit A: Homeschooling Exhibit B: is just called me ” Being with the children 24/7? Is it not crazy ?!” The competition is formerly introverted and constantly extroverted. Meaning – these are the…
Cao lau – the mystery of Hoi An
And so they have a mysterious well and a folk legend about it says that it is some kind of fountain of youth and this and that. Big deal. There are those kinds of stories in many parts of the…
Be your own personal beauty industry
Yesterday I did something big. Did I say big ? Huge is more like it. Huge? I am talking of a true emancipation. The liberation of a woman from her own shackles and from being dependent on someone who will…