Glass has always been an incredibly fascinating medium to me. When I was little, we would go on vacation to a region of France where glassblowing was pretty big and we’d visit some of the artisanal workshops in the small mountain villages the Alsace is known for. I vividly remember being fascinated by the process […]
Category: Dare to do
Europa in de Herfst – Theater Malpertuis
Before this play, I hadn’t been to the theater since last summer. The urge to go see a play comes and goes for me but when something special comes along, I can’t resist. Europa in de herfst, (literally translated: Europe in Autumn) by theater Malpertuis was special indeed. The company is not at all new […]
Dare to Drive – Part VIII. Final lesson
My final driving lesson was on Monday and, as expected, I’m not road safe enough to get a permit without supervision. The instructor did say I made a lot of progress in the past few lessons, especially on the longer, calmer stretches of road I tend to do just fine. It’s still the busy town […]
Dare to Drive – Part VII. Small victories
Today’s lesson went much better than Saturday’s, even though I was a LOT more nervous beforehand. I was actually pretty close to an anxiety attack thinking about how bad it went last time. I tend to do this thing where I make things worse in my head than they actually are going to be. That […]
Dare to Drive – Part VI. My brain needs an upgrade
I was supposed to have lessons 3 days in a row but something went wrong yesterday and there ended up not being a car available. This probably is a good thing as it means the last lesson won’t be next week but the week after. I say last but I already know I need more […]
Dare to Drive – Part V. Parking and paying attention
It had been a full 2 weeks between the previous lesson and this one but, to my surprise, I hadn’t forgotten everything. In fact I’m starting to get the hang of the mechanics of driving, the things you need to learn to do automatically so you can pay attention to everything else that is going […]
R.I.P Juanito – We’ve Got To Get Real
Have I mentioned how much I love art that makes me feel uncomfortable? That’s the main reason that I love going to those performances where the description still leaves me clueless as to what I should expect. That’s how I ended up at R.I.P Juanito’s “We’ve Got To Get Real.” It’s part of a series […]
Dare to Drive – Part IV. Walk before you can run
To great delight of my instructor, I’m actually learning more about myself in these driving lessons than anything else. Yesterday’s lesson didn’t go too well. This week in general has been tough on me and felt more like a step back in my recovery than a step forward but I think I finally figured out […]
Food for Foodies, Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb
Have I told you I’m going vegan for a month yet? I don’t think I did. I want to see how my body responds to it (if at all) and see if I can do it. Of course I hadn’t yet decided this when I booked a cooking workshop at Food for Foodies that was […]
Dare to Drive – Part III. One step forward, two steps back
Yesterday wasn’t the best day. It felt like I took a step or two backwards instead of forwards for the first time in a couple weeks. It started with me dropping the carton of spelt milk during breakfast and kind of didn’t stop until the internet cut out while I was talking to my friends […]