1. Three cheers after one week, and numerous attempts and a fresh invitation, the blog has opened and I can type. The computer is sorted, the language is English and not Thai, Norwegian or Serbo-Croat.
2. Trouble is there is not much to say!!!! No seriously. I am pleased you had a good visit with Jacubus. As I said in the posting, perhaps he is interested in the here and now and not concerned with an previous relationship with a GDWG volunteer. I sensed that when he did not really bother trying to contact his previous girlfriend etc. As you say he is easy to chat to and the hour passes quickly.
3. I had a lovely long email from Helen telling me about Sam's pre-school and Ben's attendance at Nursery. Sam is still disappointed he is not in Germany. Helen is busy working on her MSc and is going to start work in Halifax three days a week. She commented on the lack of work in the NHS, but fortunately for her there is a need for Women's Health in the Halifax area. She commented that her Uncle Charlie had recently died aged 92. The whole village will attend the funeral.
4. Montenegrans are not backward in coming forward and sensitivity is not actually a strong point. The maid wants monopoly over Noah, grabs him and walks off to play in another room. Whilst I do not want to spend the whole day looking after him, it is sometimes good to let him hear English, as Norwegian is what he is more used to. I explained that I do not see much of him, so it is lovely for me to play a while etc. Interesting behaviour, psyhcology - working out what makes people tick.
5. I gather Hannah is going off to Greece with Chrissie, and Frances. She needed some persuading. It sounded as though Liam was not going. So what is he doing?
6. The reading has been good. The Help was a thought provoking book. I spent a little time on google looking up the events leading up to the Civil Rights Act. The infamous woman who was asked to give up her seat for a white person and she refused. Good on her. She was exhausted after a day's work. The silent marches and shooting of 'name' in the back on his return home. I am just about ready to read something about terrorism. That will keep me going.
7. The days are still full of rain and the confinement is testing. However, on the plus side, I am sleeping for England. The rest must surely be therapeutic.
8. Today is the Norwegian National Day so later in the day we will be stomping round the garden waving the flag, calling out hurrah, hurrah for 17 May. We will eat Lumpa, sausages and ice cream.
Traditional. Another Norwegian family will be joining us.
Well it's time to sign off this success!
2. Trouble is there is not much to say!!!! No seriously. I am pleased you had a good visit with Jacubus. As I said in the posting, perhaps he is interested in the here and now and not concerned with an previous relationship with a GDWG volunteer. I sensed that when he did not really bother trying to contact his previous girlfriend etc. As you say he is easy to chat to and the hour passes quickly.
3. I had a lovely long email from Helen telling me about Sam's pre-school and Ben's attendance at Nursery. Sam is still disappointed he is not in Germany. Helen is busy working on her MSc and is going to start work in Halifax three days a week. She commented on the lack of work in the NHS, but fortunately for her there is a need for Women's Health in the Halifax area. She commented that her Uncle Charlie had recently died aged 92. The whole village will attend the funeral.
4. Montenegrans are not backward in coming forward and sensitivity is not actually a strong point. The maid wants monopoly over Noah, grabs him and walks off to play in another room. Whilst I do not want to spend the whole day looking after him, it is sometimes good to let him hear English, as Norwegian is what he is more used to. I explained that I do not see much of him, so it is lovely for me to play a while etc. Interesting behaviour, psyhcology - working out what makes people tick.
5. I gather Hannah is going off to Greece with Chrissie, and Frances. She needed some persuading. It sounded as though Liam was not going. So what is he doing?
6. The reading has been good. The Help was a thought provoking book. I spent a little time on google looking up the events leading up to the Civil Rights Act. The infamous woman who was asked to give up her seat for a white person and she refused. Good on her. She was exhausted after a day's work. The silent marches and shooting of 'name' in the back on his return home. I am just about ready to read something about terrorism. That will keep me going.
7. The days are still full of rain and the confinement is testing. However, on the plus side, I am sleeping for England. The rest must surely be therapeutic.
8. Today is the Norwegian National Day so later in the day we will be stomping round the garden waving the flag, calling out hurrah, hurrah for 17 May. We will eat Lumpa, sausages and ice cream.
Traditional. Another Norwegian family will be joining us.
Well it's time to sign off this success!
1. Good show. We now have two HomeandAway2(s) on my Blogger dashboard. We'll sort out all such matters in due course. For the moment let's regard this blog as the active one. You'll be able to see the date of the most recent post.
ReplyDelete2 Thanks for the news. Besides news of MN, you gave me news of Yorkshire. It's evident that the Coopers are settling in. Playgroup and nursery and a three-day-a-week job - life has changed for the two boys and for Helen. Well done, her. I have an idea that Giles is walking across Scotland.
3 Meantime, keep up with the sleep and the reading. Return rested. Return having read.
4 I've registered the matter of language. It will be interesting to hear how Noah develops.
5 Now that you've posted, keep me posted.
1. These blogs are like quicksilver. Now you see them and now you don't. I cannot now find the way to do a new posting on this blog. I can now only post.
ReplyDelete2. Glad to hear that Grapple still lives and there are those who are alive to reminisce and can enjoy listening to the stories yet again.
3. I am reading a Woman in Berlin and would very much like you to read the forward by Beevor. The woman, a journalist, has written a diary during the last days of the war in Berlin. She did not want it published in Germany during her lifetime. Powerful reading and reminds me of stories I heard about my Aunt in Berlin at that time.
4. As I mentioned Noah and I escaped beyond the barriers for 1.5 hours today. We walked to the river and noted that nearly all the houses kept chickens, some cows and dogs galore. We also walked up to the little shop and I caused much confusion as I only wanted to look inside, having no money on me and the band of Montenegran hadn't a clue of what I was on about. Thought I was looking for a telephone. I also registered that a bus passes every hour, have not ascertained where it goes to, but it exists.
5. The day has been sunny, but still windy. I braved a swim of 20 lengths, but it was cold and I felt cold for a while after.
6. The training yesterday was good, but a piece of cake. Evidently the trainer thought I must not push this woman too hard. He had the treadmill on 4.5 would you believe. Where was my customary 6. STill it was good to do some gentle stuff.
7. My flight has now been changed to go from Tivat on Wednesday 23 May leave at 10.10 arrive at 12.10. Emily much relieved as she feels she will give birth early.
8. Would love to accept the golden wedding invite provided Emily is not in the throes and I am looking after Toby. All will be revealed in due course.
9. I am babysitting tonight as K and K have been invited to the Prime Minister's opening of an Art Show in Cetinje, the Old Capital. As it's their wedding anniversary tomorrow, and we shall not be here, it's good for them to have a night out.
Hope this gets to you.
Love Christa