Successful performing I don’t know why I love the circus, perhaps, because it’s so creative. And I’m so glad my boys do like it, too. They again spent one week in the circus, again in the circus band as last year. And they had to work hard to play during one hour and a […]
Grounded I didn’t like being barefoot when I was a child. I had my woolen socks, knitted by my grandmother, and they definitely were my protection against too much life and summer action. I loved spending my free afternoons on my bed reading stories about a courageous woman in Lhasa or an intelligent French lady […]
Deep relaxation Looking at my baby cat that is sleeping most of the time when I’m writing I understand what my yoga teacher always wants to tell me. Breathing and letting go… Relax. Most of the time, my thoughts are walking around during the yoga class like my curious baby cat when it’s chasing butterflies, […]
Being a mother in Switzerland means doing all, and all means all: working 100 percent, looking after my two boys, taking care of the household, and above all trying to have a relationship with a man. But let’s not talk about the fourth thing! This is another story. Let’s talk about the three other things […]
Taking care of his baby Little boy is a very sweet mother to his baby cat. But like mothers do, he’s often complaining that his Loulou is doing nasty things like jumping on the table or licking plates in the kitchen with unhealthy things for a little cat. More and more, little boy is […]
As I knew it will be hard to get back to mother’s rules. The two boys are back from their vacation with their father and back from playing games and watching films, and it’s been a hard week. And still, it is. After spending a Saturday with big boy while little boy is with […]
My boys are teaching me – among a lot of things – one important thing: being open. Being open for new experiences, new people, new places, new tastes, new colors, new feelings. For example, I’ve never dreamt of going fishing, cleaning fishes and cooking them. And when you open our fridge right […]
5.45 p.m. in a restaurant in Venice with their father Big boy: “Hi mom, how are you?” Me: “Fine. Thanks. How about you?” Big boy: “Fine. Mom, can you give me the permission for some apps. I want to play some games on my iPod?” Me: “Hmmm… you want to […]
Life is like an explosion. It starts like a normal Monday. But it wasn’t a normal day. I am sure you had your normal Monday coming back to work from the weekend, a bit lazy and still dreaming of doing nothing. Me instead, for the first time in my life since I finished my […]
Everybody is gone: my boys on a cruise with their father, some friends in the States, in Greece, France, Italy and so on and on. I am traveling in my mind. I was again a student, hanging around at the river in Zurich discussing with my friends about Heidegger or Derrida, smoking my […]