Reflections
CategoryCan’t wait to get old..
…so I can also be as carefree as the elderly man I heard the other day in a restaurant when asked if he wanted champagne before food. (..
Then and now
When I was a child my mom would often ask my help in the kitchen, mostly to cut vegetables and keep her company. (more…)
The oldest living dog in the world
The news came out not long ago that the oldest living dog in the world is 31y old and he is from Portugal. The dog, named Bobi, has broken..
The 7th day should be for rest and reflection
I was thinking to bake a cake on a Sunday afternoon, while I was watching a movie with my husband, while the kids were sleeping. I love ba..
Light and shadow
No matter how afraid my kids are of witches, that they get nightmares about them, they keep on searching them in every new book, they keep..
My son called me a sheep
and I can’t get over it.
One night, after ending our bedtime conversation about our dreams, superpowers, food we like and don’t like, m..
Tedium is part of life
I read this in Radical Candor, where the author quotes an employee talking about her work, “Plutarch laid bricks, Spinoza ground lenses..T..
Marketing food to kids
I recently read a quote by Ludwig von Mises that made me connect many dots: “There is no sensible distinction to be made in a restaurant b..
The ratio of exploring something new to deepening what is already known
Maybe there’s no ratio and no need to mathematise this topic. But I have been thinking about it for a while now, particularly since I had ..
Hobbies: Breaking from work
In the past few months, I’ve seen several people announcing on Linkedin that they quit their jobs and will take a long break. The reason: ..