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Moulin and Bloom
Uuuups, i just realized that i have posted the wrong links…
so here are the right ones:
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Quick update…
I have added 2 new piece to my portfolio:
* Bloom where you are planted, inspired by a post from rebecca, thanks to you…
* Moulin
My new friend: a MacPlus!
You should have seen my face when i saw him, from far away… My friend mel is still making fun of me… Since so long i wanted this cuty, now i have my own MacPlus!
I have to reformat it new since i get a nice blinking ‘?’ while trying to open it, but im sure i will put it in shape and be able to use it quickly. If you have an idea about how to proceed for that, let me know. The manuals were not in the package and apple is not making them available online…
Karin design
Found absolutely by mistake today, while searching for a magazine cover…
nothing is for nothing.
There is so much life and sensitivity coming out of this work…
Things to make me feel better
After spending lots of afternoons (and money!) in coffees, i have discovered 2 things today to add some magic in my not so easy life:
* taking my cd player with me when i go out and having it playing LOUD in my hears! I have listened to the new radiohead album twice today, on the streets, in the subway, while watching people, and it was like magic! I rediscovered this pleasure which i had totally forgot about…
* preparing suprises for myself… for exemple, having something nice for me to see first thing in the morning, or having my coffee ready, just having to press the start button…
otherwise, my days are still the same… the high level of stress is there, the flashbacks and images of hamburg and everything else are still coming back to me constantly… i still wish in some moments that i could fly back and be there tomorrow.
When nothing seems to move
Even if i am putting lots of energy to get things moving, nothing is doing so. I am even at the point where i start to look for a flat even if i havent found work yet. Sitting still is not possible, i have to move forward.
Comon life! wake up, something must happen now!
I am up and ready for whats next, why is there nothing really going on? No movement, everything stays still.
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I try to see my “not so old” life, the one i had only 3 months ago, as a book which i am slowly closing. To think about past events just makes it harder for me. My moving to germany, falling in love with the country and florian, life there, my friends there, all this must not cross my mind for now. Maybe later. Of course later, it will come back. I hope i will go back there too one day.
Strange how life is. I wish i could be born with a “how to” manual explaining me the rules.
Cheri Huber
“Nonacceptance is always suffering,
no matter what you are not accepting.
Acceptance is always freedom,
no matter what you are accepting.”
Cheri Huber
Montreal links
Why should i choose to live in montreal?
I am making a search for myself, finding reasons and facts to answer my question:
- University of the streets cafes (l’université dans les cafés) is one good initiative: people gathering together to discuss around a topic, in a coffee in their surroundings. Topics covered for now are the environment, feminism, food, and people are invited to share their ideas. “The University of the Streets Café is about people talking together, thinking in a collective environment, exercising our brains and sharing creativity”. I will give it a try.
- montreal is green, to my great suprise since i am back in the metropole: from recycling adds in the subway, on the bike racks, to the stickers in front of many stores to keep the streets clean, there will be much to write about this topic.
Choices
Since i am back i have been traveling quite often to my hometown, where both 2 of my parents are still living. Its about 2 hours aways from montreal, a small city near the country side, with lots of green spaces and a strong feeling of community.
I am thinking about if i should come back here, because since i am back i have problem facing the difficult city lifestyle that is in montreal. I can not stand all the traffic and cars (and i dont even have a car), the noise everywhere, taking the subway, and the lack of green space around me.
It is so strange to me to think about coming back here… I left this hometown 10 years ago and i never, never thought i would like to come back here to live… It was in the back of my mind, but for my old days…
After living about 6 years in montreal and 4 years in hamburg, maybe i am ready for some kind of settling down for a while? I could still go back to montreal as often as i want since i have friends there and its only 2hrs away…
But finding work in such a small town is not that easy…
I have to think about it. So hard to figure out these things, to find out where and how i will be happy, make choices and see how far from my illusions i was… Let’s see, i hope to get some sign to show me the way i should take.
i wish i could be stronger
The last days have been so hard, i dont know how to deal with all this. I miss everything of my old life, and cant stop thinking about it.
Things i miss:
doing a part of my bio shopping at budnikowski
bying yummie organic food at the bioland grocery
riding my bike to my favorite spots in hamburg: the city
center, the park, ottensen altona
going out for a coffee at my favorite places: geyer, sallzwei,
balzac coffee, la tazza d oro,
my flat, the space, the quieteness, the light in it,
my bed,
the bathroom and the bath,
my large windows,
my working place,
my scanner, burner and printer,
all my magazines,
my german friends,
the threes view from my window,
most of all, florian and the cats…
i dont know how to explain, neither to you or to myself, but all this is trully a painful moment and i dont understand why i have to live all this. To leave my flat, my boyfriend and cats, the city, the country, etc. Its hard to keep trust and to keep on fighting when you are so hurt inside. Sorry about complaining again, but that is the raw truth about my life right now…
tonight
tonight while talking with martine about my search for a part time job, she told me: “i just dont have enough time to work full time. I need at least 5 hours everyday to live my anguish and distress…”
i guess its the same for me. Some days i wish i wouldnt always have so many questions in my head, some days i wish i could not feel and have this extreme sensibility.
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
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The Power of Your Other Hand : A Course in Channeling the Inner Wisdom of the Right Brain, by Lucia Capacchione
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New York Notebook, by Laurie Rosenwald
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, by Timothy Ferriss
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Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Succulent Wild Woman, by Sark
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Energy Medicine, by Donna Eden
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Monocle Magazine, by http://www.monocle.com
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams, by Deepak Chopra
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Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library, by Barbara Marciniak
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- Tout sur le compost, by Lili Michaud
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