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Hard decisions


When we went to Fribourg a little while back, I had mentioned that there was an opportunity there.
I traveled there for an interview for a position with a company. It was for good money and it would have been nice on my resume for Switzerland not to mention a great learning experience in an [...]

Hard decisions


When we went to Fribourg a little while back, I had mentioned that there was an opportunity there.
I traveled there for an interview for a position with a company. It was for good money and it would have been nice on my resume for Switzerland not to mention a great learning experience in an [...]

Giving


Take this flower as a reminder of the simple beauty in life.

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When I was a kid we would pick a wishie (dandelion clock), make a wish and blow the dandelion seeds into the air.
Pick this dandelion clock, close your eyes and make a wish and blow your wish on a journey.

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Sick Boy Blue


The photo was taken yesterday on the way to the zoo in La Chaux-de-fonds. Boy Blue fell sound asleep on his Papa’s shoulders.
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My poor boy has been sick since Monday but started being his usual mischievous self today.
One of my neighbors offered to take me to the hospital Monday night after I was talking [...]

In and around Montfaucon, Switzerland


Montfaucon is a municipality located in the Jura of Switzerland. Sunday, we took a four hour walk in and around this picturesque area.
Click here for Google map.
Link to Montfaucon’s community website.
We started at the trainstation in Pré Petitjean crossing Montfaucon to Les Enfers. We made our way through the village and across some [...]

In and around Montfaucon, Switzerland


Montfaucon is a municipality located in the Jura of Switzerland. Sunday, we took a four hour walk in and around this picturesque area.
Click here for Google map.
Link to Montfaucon’s community website.
We started at the trainstation in Pré Petitjean crossing Montfaucon to Les Enfers. We made our way through the village and across some [...]

I got my Swiss drivers license!!!


Since Ohio only states the date that you renew your drivers license and not the date that you first got a drivers license, I had to prove to the Swiss that I have been driving longer than three years. If I hadn’t I would have been considered a new driver which required me to [...]

Blogging without privacy


A blog is a diary.
It is personal.
Even if it is online.
If my ex-husband’s wife’s paper diary was laying out on a table and I could read it without anyone finding out, I would not read it. I have not searched for her blog (online personal diary) even though I know she has one.
Privacy is [...]

Making my luck


Vilay told me once that Napoleon said that you make your own luck.
Wish me some good oldfashioned luck for tomorrow as I do just that.

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Sweet surprises


Life is full of surprises.
Luckily, there are more that are sweet than not.

A huge rain cloud hung over a section of the sky.

Our village is surrounded by fields of dandelions.

During our walk we had a light rain. Afterwards, a rainbow formed in the sky.

In Switzerland, there are cows at the end of rainbows. [...]