Reflections from The Blue Table

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Saturday, September 8, 2007

I lost my innocence.

A daily reader of Carol's ParisBreakfast, I know everything about the look and the colours of macarons. I have seen them in all different colours, with an unbelievable variety of fillings, in all imaginable settings. But I had never tasted one. Not until a couple of weeks ago. I was in Oslo, it was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 7, 2007

The Year of an Opera Listener - September

I was in the car on my way to work yesterday when I head the sad news about Luciano Pavarotti's passing. Last night I spent hours listening to Pavarotti's singing, from my collection of old and new cds filled with his grand voice. Piano by D.H.Lawrence Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Every Day is a Special Day.

Every day is unique. Every day is worth your fully attention. Every day has its beauty, its sorrows, its worries, its pleasures. How do you meet your day? Do you jump out of the bed with singing feet and open eyes? Do you turn your back to the alarmclock trying to get some more sleep? Today is a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Words or not!

The week-end is coming to its end. A much needed sabbathical two days which have been spent out in the garden with the doors and windows of the house wide open. I have time by myself in The Blue Garden, writing paper in front of me waiting for a letter to be finished, a book opened on its last... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Reflections on friendship

* meeting a friend for the afternoon, walking around, shopping and chatting, sitting down in a restaurant for dinner and a long talk * calling a friend just to say hello, I miss you, when shall we meet? * org anising a meeting with a long distant friend when I am in her town for work, being sorry... Sign in to see full entry.

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From the blue table in my Nordic garden, almost on the edge of the Artic circle, I reflect on "almost everything". I talk about books, music, family and friends, gardening, cooking and life in general.

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