I can’t wait for the semester to be over.
In the meanwhile, I have found out that I have been tagged by Amanda Brooks. (more…)
While there is some truth in stereotypes, we should not let them guide our judgements and actions.
I sometimes have a hard time putting this into practice, even though I have been on the receiving end of stereotype-based negative judgements throughout my life.
Heinrich Heine once wrote: “Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too”.
When you consider that his books were among those that were burned by the Nazis, it turned out to be quite prophetic. I wonder how many of us say things without being conscious of our phophetic abilities.
I have enjoyed my summer. My endeavours during the week allowed me to have dinner in a downtown park right under the sunlight. (more…)
As you can see, the sporadic blogger that I am didn’t only take an academic break during this summer. (more…)
A while ago, I was wondering if I had lost the ability to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. (more…)
My cat has several strange quirks, but that’s what make her so lovely. (more…)
So, when I first put my website online, this past August, I thought that I had arrived, so to speak, and that I was done with my website until I would retire. How wrong I was! (more…)
I have been maintaining this blog since last October to the rate of approximately one entry per month. I have to admit that I would like to add to it more often, even if I have good reasons for not doing so, like having to manage at the same time my studies, my long-term career and my escorting. (more…)
I have been fascinated by cacti since my childhood and I have spent quite some time with the ones I own today. (more…)
