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Cold Feet

by Claudia on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

  If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading Lao Tzu   It’s a long road that has no turning (from an old Irish… [Continue Reading]

TIME OUT

by Claudia on May 1, 2020

We didn’t really need the virus to slam its huge sinister foot on the world’s brake pedal, making the world skid and slide to a slower pace, to know that… [Continue Reading]

Three little things to help us while we Stay At Home

by Claudia on March 31, 2020

So we find ourselves now living in a time of chaotic isolation. Or isolated chaos. A friend said to me today that maybe introverts are happy as pigs in clover!… [Continue Reading]

There’s no place like home… is there

by Claudia on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Recently my son expressed disappointment that he has no childhood home, to return home to. He was lamenting the fallout from the lack of stability he experienced in his childhood…. [Continue Reading]

The Pose

by Claudia on May 23, 2019

hold the phone… why is it in vogue to prune and pout when the phone is out (which is of course always)? we point our toes, we place our front… [Continue Reading]

Uncharted Waters

by Claudia on August 19, 2017August 19, 2017

When I first came to Gili Meno I used to look at the view across the ocean to Mt Rinjani on the island of Lombok, and think to myself, ‘ah… [Continue Reading]

Dodgy Dudes (part 3)

by Claudia on June 14, 2017

Living in a foreign country is a lot more complicated than just holidaying there. Especially in a country like Indonesia where rules are ambiguous and goal posts constantly move. And… [Continue Reading]

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