Freelancing – with a Schnauzer
Having a dog has changed my life I always dreamt of getting a puppy. But, neither work nor digs would support such an idea. I ended up choosing cats – …
To be FREE – lancing
So you decided to become a freelance translator? What an excellent choice. But, translating aside, do you know what the life of a freelancer entails? It is more than showing …
Keep your office clutter-free
My boss used to say “A tidy office is a happy office!” This was well before Marie Kondo glamorised decluttering, and in those days he got on my nerves with …
How to speed up your Reading Skills
Whether you flick through a newspaper, glance through a blog post or peruse a brochure, you do some reading every day. But embracing dense passages of literature can be time-consuming, …
Goodbye summer
Summer is over, time to take stock All good things come to an end, so does my first summer in Slovenia. And what a summer it has been: blue skies, …
Muesli: not only etymologically interesting
Muesli – a Swiss German word Back in Switzerland, it was fairly common to eat oats either in the form of a Bircher Muesli (Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and …
A new beginning – Retour à la nature
We have Liftoff: Just like Jean Jaques Rousseau recommended, I have turned my back to the crowds and moved into the countryside. And I don’t mean moving (from Tooting) to …