At the end of a fantastic day! – Jack is lullabying… Almost Russian sounding sad melody – improvised whistling!

Paul O’Mahony’s original blog comes first, below, and then you will find my comment. What is your comment to it all? Join in the conversation!  

Release date: December 11, 2025

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It’s been a long time since I last wrote in English. This morning the idea dawned on me, and incidently it is dawn ;-)… I feel peaceful and happy this morning. Meeting my parents with L. yesterday was challenging. My mother was defensive and easily loud. After that talk with… Read more: Weekends to keep dashing

(It actually poured, less than 60 minutes after that!…) It’s 08.15 I’m on the terrace at the chalet with a blanket on my knees. It’s only 15 degrees celsius. I’m having my coffee and reading on this book called weyward by Emilia Hart, which is really interesting. I notice there’s… Read more: A dark moment on the terrace

Mon, Jul 03, 2023 1:06PM • 2:03 SUMMARY KEYWORDS manage, melancholy, holiday, joy, freedom, treasure, pattern, sad, live, smaller, beginning, regret, adopt, special, question, thinking Isn’t it funny? You may have the treasure of a long holiday in front of you, and at the same time you already feel the… Read more: Managing the fact that good times are due to go by

I’m going to see Olivier soon. I phoned him recently. And since we spoke about school, I wasn’t really willing to speak. It was much better when I let him speak about jazz, the old jazz he’s a fan of. It was interesting to hear his enthusiasm. He’s a passionate,… Read more: A friend or a good friend?

Yesterday I succumbed to the temptation of binge watching: I got hooked and gulped down at least three episodes of the the Downton Abbey series. I know that series is a bit old fashioned, but I don’t know why it attracts me that much, really. Perhaps it is the good… Read more: Do you like the Downton Abbey series?

Keeping our humanity, remaining human means not only concentrating on doing our job efficiently, but holding some distance to our goals. Keeping some peace of mind, a « philosophical attitude », as we say in French, towards ourselves and the world. Yes, being in touch, understanding and showing love is… Read more: How could I take some distance?

I am at the chalet and I’m waiting for my soup to cook. It is a nettle and lovage soup. They are plants you can find here…The larch tree has got all green, beautifully green, a kind of yellow, young green. As for the elder tree, its leaves have just… Read more: Humble chalet dinner

How lucky I am to have a break in the middle of the week! To be able to stay here in front of a so beautiful landscape! I can see the sparrows land in the tree next to my balcony, almost in front actually… Now the forsythia blooms disappeared and… Read more: Morning scenery and coffee time fun

Goals, reflections on interactions… It’s been a long time since I last recorded something in Limor. And I always wonder how I can get more views. Is it actually my goal to be successful in that sense, to be popular? I don’t think it is. It’s not my way of… Read more: What have I done on Limor?

Extract from “Farinet or the Forged Money”, by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. Trial of a translation: see the sound file! Summary of the book in English: https://www.themodernnovel.org/europe/w-europe/switzerland/ramuz/farinet/

Leukerbad, 27th October 2022 I’m here, exhausted, after a long day full of sun, and a long walk of around five hours. I had a problem with my camera and I have discovered that I can be steadfast, but sometimes a bit overdoing it all. I was nervous when starting… Read more: A camera battle

After reading Pau O’Mahony poem “Your Festival For Friends” https://bit.ly/fst-fr And then The spirit exultedFrom dead in the middleOf the dark December nightThe seemingly slumbering Spirit of ChristmasSuddenly sprightly Sprang out!

Dzakye is reflecting about satisfaction in life while having a walk

Wonderful transient beauty

My mornings are my life!

The only regular pumkin of the year!

2021-07-19 – blog post Hello there! I woke up with the sun. At the very moment when it entered my room, actually. It paints a kind of a band through the window against the wooden panelling when it rises. Last night I didn’t go to bed till two o’clock, possibly… Read more: Reading ´Der Sandmann’ and reflecting about silly passions

⁃ Dzakyem (Video) https://twitter.com/dzakyem/status/1412073440165732358 Shannon], you spoke about everything starting with thoughts. I agree. But you also spoke about controlling thougts. This is possibly dangerous for many people because I have the inpression we already tend to try and control too much. Sometimes we should just channel our energy and… Read more: Controlling thoughts

Hello World. It was a very beautiful afternoon here at the chalet. This morning until, let’s say, around three o’clock, it was quite cloudy and rather cold, around 13 degrees celsius. It’s the beginning of the holiday, and I thought I could start a new blog in French, related to… Read more: First holiday Monday