Yeah, well, I can’t help it that my voice sounds quite sarcastic … “Eh … don’t mention it, senhor!” He came driving up, and could turn right right before me. He doesn’t have to stop and I just have to refrain a bit. With a little attention, it all goes by itself. Officially I’m on […]
Portuguese are machismo – or am I wrong? Read More »
“Yes … that is completely blocked …” I say somewhat delusively, “and I don’t really feel like messing around in it …” It also doesn’t smell particularly attractive, and I see granules of corn floating around in the brownish water. The neighbor also sees it: “Yes, we eat a lot of corn …” he says
Skeptical about the septic tank Read More »
You regularly see people play cards when you go to a café. Now the café visit has decreased a lot, and I don’t get there too often, but if – then almost standard people are playing cards. I did a lot of playing cards myself, 20 years ago. That was in the beginning, when we
Card tournament: the cards are shuffled Read More »
The day started this morning being very cold, improved itself quickly with a promising spring-like breeze, and gave the sun a hard push so that it quickly got warmer. The weather is much too nice to work Look, then you quickly realize where the advantages lie of entrepreneurship. You run risks, yes, but you can
When I read “painting”, I immediately get into a state of stress Clearly one of my flaws. After years of being a homeowner and therefore responsible for all maintenance, I immediately think of peeling windows when I read: “painting”. Painting wooden windows. Which you have to paint almost every year. Because it’s nice if this
About painting, about stress, and about a painting course Read More »
My driving license and my passport had to be renewed. Strangely, they would expire on the same date: February 27th. The gods certainly have had a good time with that. I’d become wise, and started my bureaucratic journey already in November. Piece of cake if you have to renew your passport abroad Just go to
Portuguese driving license all the way Read More »
Well … there we are, in the midst of our resolutions in the endless and slightly gloomy month of January. You’re a bit out of wack because you’ve lost your familiar routines, and maybe forever! (Projection, my dear?) They call this month nowadays: Dry January I suspect that day 1 of this month is the
Frozen in the front, baked in the back Read More »
Yeahyeah, IknowIknow- it’s over, look who decided to say something … Hello, it’s already January 6, according to the contemporainean etiquette, from this day on you may not wish anyone anymore a happy New Year with capital letters … can we be done with it? Sorry! No. On the last day of December some interesting
Last chance of a New Year with capitals Read More »
No, it was not like we ducked down, stressed by the sound of a car. It wasn’t that bad, with that hiding-for-father-Christmas. It was not the case that the whole village was crowded. There were a few here and there, a few couples and a family, and a couple of friends. By the way, even
Hiding from father Christmas Read More »
I’m so happy with all that space around me … … especially on a Saturday afternoon, you get the feeling that the whole world is free and open, and come on, am I a workaholic or what? Of course there is still this and that, and even more, but can a person sit evenly as
A thief and a song (or two) Read More »
