Babies grow fast It’s obvious: Babies are growing fast. Humans or cats: it’s the same. And there wasn’t enough time to write about each stadium of getting older. I’m so sorry. I could have told you about these precious moments when they had opened their eyes or when they had started walking around. We had […]
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Birth of our four kitties Baby cat Loulou got pregnant before it turned one year old. But even at this young age, it is a wonderful mother. When I got to bed that special night, Loulou slipped under my cover. It was rather hot there and Loulou realized after some minutes that this wasn’t a […]
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Different views The other day, we’re talking about travelling to India again. Big Boy was rather excited about the idea, Little Boy wasn’t. So, we started discussing, we three, about the good and bad things about spending our vacation in a totally different country than Switzerland. Little Boy told us: “I’d be coming under the […]
Read more >Fill up energy I didn’t want to go the Content Production Day by Dave Hertig in Zurich. I was afraid of meeting all the successful Content Managers and feeling very insignificant. Fortunately, I didn’t listen to my feelings but to my intellect. I got so much energy talking to this group […]
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Listening helps He lives around the corner, and he told my boys how to make pizza on a grey Sunday afternoon two years ago. Gerry, the owner of Gerry’s Bar and the manager of the Italian restaurant, is a real Italian with a real wide-open heart. I knew I should talk to him. But when […]
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Conversation between brothers: Scene 23 16.15 am after school Little boy: “Did you listen to what mom said?”Big boy: “No… why?”Little boy: “Don’t disturb me…”Big boy: “Oh… poor you… you’re feeling disturbed…”Little boy: “Yes… I said stop…”Big boy: “Oh… yes, I heard that. What’s your problem?”Little boy: “I have […]
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Conversation between brothers: Scene 22 4.10 p.m. on a holiday afternoon Big boy: “Who is your girl-friend?” Little boy: “I don’t have any girl-friend.” Big boy: “What? Are you sure?” Little boy: “Sure enough.” Big boy: “But who’s writing you messages?” Little boy: “You’re so curious.” Big boy: “Tell me!” Little boy: […]
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Why not? She’s 87 years old, our remarkable grandmother, living in Geneva in her tiny apartment. “Do you play Beaver Gang with me”, asked Big Boy. “Well, I’ve no idea what this is”, said Grandmother. “But, why not!” Big Boy explained the game to her. Very quickly like a fast train. One could hardly follow. […]
Read more >Happy kite, happy day Why do we think so much? Why do we worry so much? It’s a bright day, and we are standing on our two legs. We’re smiling. We don’t think about what will be in the future and what has been in the past. We’re feeling alive. We enjoy being […]
Read more >Christmas present for mom I don’t feel old, but this memory dates from 43 years ago. A long time. I could hardly wait until my mom opened my Christmas present. I was so proud of it. The thing I made at school. I had been working on it for hours. When I brought […]
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