In the town where I work there are as many new restaurants and cafés as ones who have closed during pandemic times. I tried out a new TexMex place and ordered a quesadilla. The woman asked me what I wanted on it, and when I replied "Nothing", she called back "One cheese quesadilla!" (As opposed... Continue Reading →
Green Things
Spring has finally worked its way up my hill, and it's beautiful. I live quite high up, (around 4,400 ft or 1350 meters). While it's been full of flowers down in the valley for a few months already, the mountain flowers just coming out, at least at my height. The true, higher-up mountain pastures are... Continue Reading →
House of Cards
Today (as in "our times" and not the place squashed between yesterday and tomorrow) we watch power struggles and suffer the consequences. Last week my colleagues and I witnessed a power struggle at work. Since Corona showed up, it's been difficult in my school, for obvious reasons. I mean, on-line learning is perfectly possible to... Continue Reading →
The Powerhouse of the Cell
In addition to losing the sense of taste and smell with the Coronavirus, these days it seems that we've collectively lost our sense of humor. Not that we don't laugh, but there are just so many things that aren't funny at the moment. More than usual, with a global pandemic raging for which we will... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 