Author: Violeta
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Fishing
There are people who go through life never learning to ask a point black question. My guess is that they don’t want to deal with hearing “no”. They drop hints left and right, hoping that some will stick and that there are people willing or can’t help picking them.
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Canyoning with Psalms
Message from Brian, who taught us how to climb with the Psalms a year ago, reminding us of the scary proposition of vulnerability and the power of it, in a safe environment, guided by the Psalms. “I have taught this material more times than I can count, but I have never met a more receptive…
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Word of mouth
Noise, tradition, expectations. Nothing is new under the sun, not even the perversion of church (aka “the process of improperly changing something that is good”).
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Croatia with Brian and the spontaneous team
20 miles of smooth road Garnished with short stone hedge walls And gardens of olive trees And the breeze of Adriatic. That was the introduction to our evening excursion to Rovinj.
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Control vs. trust
We took Rufus for the longest ride in the car, 300 km one way. At the destination, a new place, a village house with a large yard, huge and very desirable to explore, we left rufus free. Because he is like a kid, not liking to be out of sight, lifting his head often to…
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32 and about connection
I look at the phone and it’s a unknown number. Nothing unusual because of wanderlust. I pick up and at the other end I hear the question: mrs Altmann? I answer affirmative. He introduces himself. And then he proceeds to ask me if I know Apple. Hmmm, odd question. I ask him to repeat the…
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Coffee and Design
Our story in a nutshell, as experienced and processed by Conrad in this article, published by European Coffee Trip.
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Constants
I asked Conrad what are three constants in his life. We laughed out loud instantly as I said it, because two of our clients’ names are Constance. Then he said in one breath: me, God, and this apartment we live in. Basic and straightforward.
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Some mundane activities
Last week we roasted eggplant with our godparents, then we put it in little bags in the freezer to have for the winter. What you do in the Winter is: half thaw the eggplant, chops it with a large knife, add finely chopped onion and garlic, olive oil and salt and you serve on bread…
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Cluj
It was a brisk morning this one of August. No clouds, dew on the car, cold. I woke up early to meet with girlfriends in town, before the world starts to hustle and bustle.