We´ve run out of coffee. This means that I have to brave the rain, go forth and buy another half-kilo of the lovely beans.

Caffeine, make-up, and tall men. Life´s neccessities.

The linden outside our house turning yellow and orange. Chocolate from Vienna in the kitchen. And British tea. Lots of snailmail that I´ll send today. Play Lady Gaga and dance. Play Florence + the Machine and sing. The word "autumn". Reading old notes just for fun, and realising that I found them exactly at the right moment. The scented, expensive ( Read more... )

Busy.

Suddenly, happiness surges up inside:

* Eating sushi in the park.

* Being greeted as a "beautiful girl" by a stranger. I´m a middle-aged woman, but I´m polite enough not to point out insignificant details.

* A big, red box in the mail.

* Looking in husband´s song-book, and finding my first singing exercise, ever. Liebes Mädchen, hör mir zu by Joseph ( Read more... )

There´s a to-do list as long as my arm, but I´m working my way down it. The list, I mean. And boy, does it ever feel good to finish things.

Things are conspiring against me .All things come in three, as the saying goes. Three setbacks lately. I do believe that my spell of bad luck has to change now.

For two days in a row, I´ve had sushi for dinner.

Some day, I will be able to control my sushi cravings. I shall eat the various pieces with a serene Bodhisattva* smile, and chow in a most ladylike manner, so that the spheres make music in sync.

Until then, I´m wolfing down the sushi in record time. With chopsticks! So, at least I´m stuffing myself ( Read more... )

Another quiet, pleasant day at HQ. My to-do-list is shorter than ever, and I´m really enjoying my spare time.

Stig and I spring-cleaned the flat. Now all the washed mats are out again. Very nice. Mats, plants, and books shape a home and make it more cosy.

Today: Correspondence. Optican´s. Washing-up. Thinking of a way to get tanned very fast. The answer is to grab a bottle - a self-tanner, that is. Not Pimm´s. Even though that would be lovely on a day like this.

We just sold our corner writing-desk. That´s great; now we can furnish the living-room as we have planned. Am still somewhat tired after sinusitis, but it´s getting better.