• The Happiest Day of my life

    The Happiest Day of my life

    “Describe the happiest day of your life,” asks Bloganuary. Oooh, this is a tough one, especially since there are so many options. Ever since I started practicing gratitude in 2023 (this needs a post of its own), I have been rediscovering the joys in my life and realizing that I have too many things to be Read more

  • A Memory Linked to a Smell

    A Memory Linked to a Smell

    Do I have a memory that’s linked to a smell? Of course! And so many of them too! The one that really hits me is this particular smell of one of my wife’s perfumes. She used it while we were in Berlin in 2016. I forget the brand and the flavour, but I remember it being Read more

  • What fear have I conquered?

    What fear have I conquered?

    The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela In an interesting prompt, Bloganuary asks me: “What fear have you conquered?“ I think I have a definitive answer to this one – that would be the fear of public speaking. For the longest time, I was Read more

  • My Preferred Mode of Travel

    My Preferred Mode of Travel

    Today’s prompt asks me the question: “What is my preferred mode of travel?” My answer is simple – Flying. Sure, it is not economical – flying is crazy expensive these days. And let’s not even get into the environmental impact a single flight causes on the planet; so much that many folks are mulling giving Read more

  • How would I spend a billion dollars, if I had it?

    How would I spend a billion dollars, if I had it?

    Ooh, I love today’s prompt! A billion U.S. Dollars, huh? The prompt reminded me of the following iconic scene from The Social Network: A billion dollars is a lot of money – I mean, a LOT. With “billions” being so oft-repeated in the media, people seem to have forgotten the value of money, so it Read more

  • The Chore I find most challenging to do

    Today’s Bloganuary prompt is: What chore do you find the most challenging to do? I have a very simple prompt as my answer. Every single chore in my life is challenging for me to do, period. I hate chores, I hate them with a vengeance. If there is an alternate universe where I can NOT do Read more

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