The rain has been absolutely pissing down for about twelve hours straight, but I still went into the city to meet a couple ex-colleagues for a quiet drink and to talk some nonsense. Much of it centred

I woke up a little angry today. A mix of disappointment and fulfilled foreboding. I don't snap when I'm angry, not anymore, most of the time I just retract and try to get live the feeling, and then get

Hello Hive Fam, most especially my ever-supportive Hive Friends all over the world! 💙

And picked it! With the rains threatening, we got to the farm and began picking the berries, even with a few slivers of sunshine breaking through the gathering clouds. I of course started with a raspberry

Life can be unpredictable. Sometimes, something may happen that will test your patience, your strength, and your character. They may even present with challenges, criticisms, pressure, and difficulties.

I don't know if the mojitos I made looked good or bad, but they tasted okay. Admittedly, the first I made was quite strong as I used a random shot glass from the cupboard, only to find out later it was

We just rounded up our school academic calendar for 2025/2026 academic session with a friendly interschool football match with another neighboring school and to

Half way through the summer and this might be the last warm day - With warm being 24°C only. To make the most of it, we have come by the nearby lake beach to swim and relax a little. Smallsteps is reading

Everyone has a dream of having a successful future. Like success in their career, success in their academic endeavours, in their family, having a healthy relationship, having financial stability, and living

Do you have a magical place that you always return to? That has a special vibe to it, bringing you peace and clarity for no reason? When you sit down next to it, breath in, and with breathing out you feel

Is bigger, better? In a comment from @seattlea, he mentioned how the cottage we were at was small compared to the US, and it got me thinking about whether bigger is better. He mentioned that his friend

I've worked for nine years and got nowhere. A sense of doom and dark clouds are approaching. It's given because lately, I circled back to everything I did and realized I've spent years optimizing and learning

A very important part of being a responsible and impactful human is the ability to leave every place better than you found it. It may be at home, in your office, in business, within your community, always

Few years ago when had to have IVIG infusions. Who am I now? That's a question I've been asking myself for a while. Not out loud. But in the quiet moments. The 4 AM hours when the house is still and there's

I’m reading a book by Sartre. I don’t really know why, as it’s neither well written nor an interesting story. It seems like someone trying to form a story around philosophy. I’d prefer Camus. But my mom

After a couple nights away and a really relaxed trip, we are back home from the archipelago. We spent most of yesterday walking around a different island with a small harbour and café on it, and the kids

Ok, I have to pop by to write about the footy. Can't resist. This will possibly age extremely badly and quickly, but it feels like football's coming home in a way that it never felt before. There is something

Teen Driving in Full Swing I wrote this post regarding the process of starting my teenager to learn to drive back in April. Now that the summer is full swing, we have done our initial steps and she got

I normally don't write so little, but since we are about to head out on the boat to another island (one of the over 50,000 of them here), I don't have a lot of time. But, I wanted to show some of the sights

Is a change as good as a holiday? I am not sure about that, but for a couple days we will have a slight change of view, from home to the sights of the Finnish archipelago. This was meant to be a longer