viola's people watching blog
This is a story we’ve told friends and family so many times and now…….. they’d run a mile if they heard the slightest intimations of yet another rehash……. of how we got started to tying the knot………But bear with me…….. I need to create a little ambiance first……..throw in a […]
We went to China in August of 1997. My in-laws were aghast…………` but they’ve just cracked opened their doors……. you don’t know what’s hiding behind…..and you’re taking the child with you?’ Actually my mother-in-law had gone from telling me in the early years ………. it was soya sauce that was […]
Reinventing yourself seems to be the buzzword these days, more so than ever. Turn your life around, rise up to your full potential, think positive….. begone you negative thoughts…… eat super foods, work out, make dynamic choices, stamp your face on social media etc etc……… I ask myself………have I ever […]
Sunday evening and we were lounging around in the TV room……me sprawled on the couch and he ensconced in his recliner with the laptop on his knees reading some alarmist blog about how the virus had now grown teeth etc…… when MacGyver comes on. They’re in their office, confined like […]
Do you stamp your mug in front of famous sights, posing, with sunglasses on, with other tourists waiting on the margins, raring to go for their turn…….just you on the Bridge Of Sighs….you discovered it…. or at a famous Parisian café where you’re supposed to be watching people….but you with […]
I kept asking myself what I wanted to send out, whatever for and to whom. All the sites for starting up a blog had two little golden nuggets of advice,` be consistent in what you want to write about and’ I’m guessing what they mean is don’t jump about like […]