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Living in a Swiss village with kids

May 9, 2008

My kids love their life in our Swiss village.
I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass without my seeing them from the apartment windows but I know they are safe.
It is liberating.
When I was a kid it was the same. My brother and I played outdoors for hours [...]

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Yellow triangle for safety

February 28, 2008

In Switzerland, children are provided a free yellow, reflective traffic triangle that is worn to and from school. It is placed over clothing around the neck. Children are, also, given traffic training by a professional starting at age five which is the first year a child can go to school.
Sweet Bear was [...]

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Blogging and privacy

February 26, 2008

Someone had marked one of the photos in my flickr account as a favorite. I have since blocked them.
The flickr name of this person is linked to someone from my real life through their family. Not only is it linked to “this someone’s” family but there is a story behind this name that [...]

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