I have started to redesign the site from scratch this evening, and so for the next few weeks it will probably be a little rough around the edges as I polish it up to how I want it. It does, however, all still work, and you can still access all the posts etc. I hope you like it!
Skin Up, Skid Down
There was a definite hint of trepidation as I clicked into my skis at the beginning of the tour. A Sunday morning, early, the day after the perfect storm that never arrived. I had woken up at 7 to clear blue skies, and at that moment it became certain. I was going to the mountains. Call Rodrigo, Ciro — shall we take the skis? I stepped out onto the balcony as I hit the call button on my phone. It was a little too warm for 7.15 in the morning. Rodrigo isn’t taking his skis, Ciro is. One all. I finish my cup of coffee and pick up my ski boots. I might as well take them. After all, I can always leave them in the car. Read More
The Geography of Bliss
The Geography of Bliss is a book which explores happiness in relation to cultural and geographical situations. It looks at why people from different countries are happy, and how they are differently happy. I haven’t read this book, but I saw a quotation today which made me stop what I was doing to think:
What a sobering idea. What if really, rather than who we want to be, what we want to be, or how we want to be, all we need to decide is where we want to be?
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