8 things: Honoring places

As some of you know/remember I was rather reluctant to move up here and found it rather difficult to adjust. After a decade of switching from cosmopolitan babe to small town maiden, I will try to compile a list honoring this place and some of what is offering us. Here we go:

1.We live close to nature. We have time to garden and grow some of our food, mainly parsley.
2.We can visit the mountains or the sea in a couple of hours.
3. The pace is slower. We can take time for lunch. We can see friends.
4.The kids have a better education, more personal attention in class, and better, deeper friendships.
5.We were thankfully able to buy a condo with a postage-stamp sized but satisfying garden, which we couldn't afford in the big cities.
6.We wake up and are able to see the sky and tell the weather.
7.Distances are smaller, so we can spend time together as a family.
8.Living and working here gives us the chance to be quite independant from outside influences to do our work and raise our family.

And I am very thankful for landing here.

With thanks to the magpie girl! 

8 Things-My other personality

Everyone has another personality that shines through from time to time. Maybe you are secretly a sports legend when you play in the rec volleyball league. Maybe you’re a pop star while singing in the shower. Perhaps you are convinced you were with Mark Anthony in a past life.
How do those secret identities shape you? Does your superhero identity effect your Monday-Friday life at the Daily Planet? Are you you really a zen master, a yogi, and happy homemaker under there? What’s your stripper name say about you? Your nom de plume? The uniform in the back of your closet? And if you feel like an old soul, what where you up to last century and how is it influencing you today?

I live many lives. I have lived many lives. I could easily turn my life into a novel's chapters.They are all defined by a Femme Fatale syndrom. In that respect, I identify with women such as these:

Singers. Edith Piaf.
Dancers. Moulin Rouge.
Authors. Francoise Sagan.

Historical personalities. Cleopatra.
I'd love to play tennis. Martina Navratilova for ever!
I'd love to be an actress. Keira Knightly.
A past life. Working for TV and press.
A future life. Mother and wife, no inlaws. Shop owner.Fabrics, clothes, jewellery.A painter and mixed media artist. Books author.Cross stitcher. Fit and athletic. Yogi. Femme Fatale. Laughing and enjoying life. No pain. You get the picture.

Thanks for reading.

8 Things*Musical History

8 Songs that Shaped my Life



1. First Song on the *8Track: Austrian traditional. I shall always love them!

2. Song that Most Reminds me Of my Childhood Home: Greek traditional.

3. First Dance:"Hotel California".That was tight.

4. Our Song:"La Vie en Rose".

5. Define Your Decade: Definitively 80s.

6. Class of _____. '87, but can't remember a song to speak of.

7. First Album You Owned:Thriller by Michael Jackson.

8. First Live Performance:Greek folk dances.



Campfire songs...yes...I was a Cub Scout leader. Still sing them.

lullabies...the ones I made up for my children.

wedding songs...see #4

first kareoke tune….waiting to be sung...

What’s your *8Things: Musical History list?
looking forward to playing along...thanks!