My Rønne
Places, Stories, People!
Witch Hunts In The 21st Century
Denmark may have stopped burning witches a few hundred years ago. However, witch-hunting still appears to be a recreational activity for misogynist men and the weak and stupid women who stand by them. Today malicious people with low self-esteem and other shortcomings don't torch your life with fire, though. They do it with libelous slander.
Fall
I Love Stories & The Fall! Not even a private primary school in the 1980s, an almost Marxist high school in the 1990s, nor Comparative Literature studies at an über leftish university in Denmark managed to ruin my love for books, stories, and voices – nor my liberal beliefs and outlook on life. It often felt as if they tried, though.
Don’t Give Me Numbers!
I know it is paw-sible to love a human with all your heart. But I would take a dog over a human any day. Dogs are people, too, and in my opinion, they are much better people than humans. They have bigger hearts, and, unlike most people, they are 100 % loyal.
My Never-Ending Apartment Story Part 3
On Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022, after two years and eight months, I got the rest of my deposit back from my Parisian landlord of 2019. The fine the judge ordered the landlord to pay has not been paid yet, more than 4000 €, and the French huissier de justice I hired to deal with this has not returned my latest inquiries.
Why I Still Love Yoga
Few relationships will stand the test of time, but some do. My relationships with Oreo cookies, Hemingway, and yoga have all been part of my life for more than 25 years, and we are still going strong!
Darkness
“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”
Tom Stoppard
My Never-Ending Apartment Story Part 2
I thought renting an apartment via a huge and long-established rental agency would be the financially safest when I went to Parisin 2019. I was wrong. It is now two years and seven months since I moved out of an apartment in Paris, and I still don’t have the money the court declared in January 2022 that I was owed. And I haven’t heard back from the last huissier company I hired.
My Never-Ending Apartment Story Part 1
I was delighted when I got the French court's Aye that my former landlord should pay me the rest of my deposit with two years of interest. After two years of paperwork, courts, and significant expenses, it was a happy ending to a awful apartment situation in Paris. Or so I thought.
All Shall Die
“Certain, ‘tis certain; very sure, very sure: death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all: all shall die.”
— Shakespeare, Henry the IV, Part 2, Act III, scene II
In Life, You Lose Nonstop
In Life, You Lose Nonstop – youth, looks, money, friends, illusions. But sometimes, you win in court. After two years of paperwork and courtrooms, the French courts sided with me. My former landlord in Paris should pay me back ALL of my deposit from 2019.
Over The Rainbow
My best friend, my dog, went over the rainbow about a week ago. It has left a hollow, a void, a feeling of being left behind and lost. I had had my dog for 14 years and three months, and he was my best buddy, my soulmate, and I was happy and proud to be his human for all those years. And I am angry with the universe that I could not keep him forever.
Teaching English in Paris
Years ago, a friend and I decided to write a story about working as underpaid and overworked English teachers in Paris based on my experiences as an English teacher in a Parisian language school. I had taken the job on a dare to prove that these schools would hire anybody. They did. They hired me. I won the bet.
Senior Yorkie Moments
One of the best things about having a dog is watching it grow. The worst part is knowing that it will grow old and die before you. My dog, Gavroche, is closing in on 13 ½ years, and even though he is fit and healthy, he is still old now.