I can’t help it. No really. Seriously. It just goes like that It starts with an innocent mosaic somewhere on a wall. And I didn’t even make it myself, it was a wonderful initiative from the “Family Preto”. Well done. Useful too. Everyone can see how it’s called here. In the winter it gets […]
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“There were a lot of winding roads, with beautiful views!” says the mother of Ylva radiantly, and Ylva herself translates: “We were lost. The GPS said we were already there, but we were not. And I didn’t recognize it anymore, close to here … how do you say that again … Pudrògauwng? ” “Very well,
I’m singin’ in the rain / just singin’ in the rain / what a glorious feeling / I’m happy again This spontaneously comes to mind when I lie in bed, and hear the rain singin’. At half past six in the morning I vaguely wake up and think: “What? Is it rainin’ again? “And just
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June 24, that’s today – the Sunday of Saint John. It’s an old acquaintance, especially for people who have something to do with catholicism, because he’s not only a party animal, but also holy. Holy day – holiday – vacation! The special day of São João, just after the longest day of the year We’ve
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I’ve been accustomed to stressed faces for years. When people arrive here. For the good observer the price of the year-round competing, running and hurrying can be seen on the parental faces. The children are not yet that far, and usually they also have something to swipe in their hands, so they’re sweet. I always
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I regularly think about it, but I have not been finding the right answer for years. I know who our target group is not. Example? Those people who are counting the threads in the sheets. Not those. Or those types that find towels of Marks and Spencer’s far below their dignity. Or people who think they deserve
There is a big stain on the floor of the adega under the mower. I pretend not to see it. I grab what I need and go. Then I leave it back in the workshop There is a big stain under the mower on the floor of the workshop. I pretend not to see it.
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Last year I suddenly noticed: all the flowers in the village square and in the village square the gardens are pink. The florets, the freesias, the hydrangeas, the geraniums, the Spanish daisies, the succulents, the oleander – all pink. Now I love pink, so that’s okay, but it’s almost weird. So I have focused on
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Multi-talent Bruno stayed! And Mary beautiful painter too! “Then it doesn’t matter to me anymore”, I say to myself aloud, “I’m really happy with this.” I spent quite a few hours on it, this GDPR situation, and it has unexpected consequences. The GDPR has a lot of consequences, and you’ve probably been hearing about it
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Well, I’ll just confess: I’m a sexist. And maybe also a racist. Yeah, well. It’s like that. I can’t get out of it. How so, that I have to confess that now, do you ask? I am confronted. Facebook is the big culprit; through all friend requests on the Facebook page . As a company,
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