Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir! (A little treatise on the art of coquetry)

Mind you, I  do not claim to be an expert on flirting , but here´s my 2 cents on the subject. Never mind the articles about the art of  flirt that tell you that the most important thing is poise,

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Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir! (A little treatise on the art of coquetry)

Mind you, I  do not claim to be an expert on flirting , but here´s my 2 cents on the subject. Never mind the articles about the art of  flirt that tell you that the most important thing is poise,

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Impossible missions: adventures in apothecaries abroad

Here I was thinking that having to mime constipation in a small Brazilian pharmacy up in the northeast a few years ago in order to make the apothecary understand that my friend was in pain and indeed in need of

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Impossible missions: adventures in apothecaries abroad

Here I was thinking that having to mime constipation in a small Brazilian pharmacy up in the northeast a few years ago in order to make the apothecary understand that my friend was in pain and indeed in need of

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Father and the Far Away Love

The other day when I sat down to contemplate sorting out my collection of pantyhose -85  liters of them to be exact- according to their class: fancy or everyday, season – winter, spring, summer or fall, all I´m gonna do

Father and the Far Away Love

The other day when I sat down to contemplate sorting out my collection of pantyhose -85  liters of them to be exact- according to their class: fancy or everyday, season – winter, spring, summer or fall, all I´m gonna do

The coming out post

I have decided to stop living a lie. I am never going to be a person who runs. Or jogs. Running has been on my “things to take up”-list for I don´t know how long. I think about it almost

The coming out post

I have decided to stop living a lie. I am never going to be a person who runs. Or jogs. Running has been on my “things to take up”-list for I don´t know how long. I think about it almost

Well hello there, mr caretaker…

Sometimes your fingers act considerably faster than your brain. Or rather that you understand just a fraction of a second too late what is about to happen but there is nothing you can do to prevent the accident from happening.

Well hello there, mr caretaker…

Sometimes your fingers act considerably faster than your brain. Or rather that you understand just a fraction of a second too late what is about to happen but there is nothing you can do to prevent the accident from happening.

Great undiscovered conspiracies of our time: vitamin E, aloe vera and camomile

Have you noticed that in recent years manufacturers have started to combine the strangest things together? There must be a cartel of  vitamin E, aloe vera and camomile producers  somewhere pushing their stuff to the market with a zest, bribing researchers

Great undiscovered conspiracies of our time: vitamin E, aloe vera and camomile

Have you noticed that in recent years manufacturers have started to combine the strangest things together? There must be a cartel of  vitamin E, aloe vera and camomile producers  somewhere pushing their stuff to the market with a zest, bribing researchers

Death, Moisturizer and the Elephants

Maybe it is the impending fall or the fact that I was sold an aptly named facial cream “near death” to “fight the first signs of aging”  that has gotten me thinking of death. (Technically though, I have to admit,

Death, Moisturizer and the Elephants

Maybe it is the impending fall or the fact that I was sold an aptly named facial cream “near death” to “fight the first signs of aging”  that has gotten me thinking of death. (Technically though, I have to admit,

Improper hauntings

This is  a story that was never meant to be published on my blog for a couple of reasons: a) I do believe that the story is much better told in person (as in the tradition of the genre) and

Improper hauntings

This is  a story that was never meant to be published on my blog for a couple of reasons: a) I do believe that the story is much better told in person (as in the tradition of the genre) and

“There was always drama on her footsteps”

Sometime ago I stumbled across a quotation by Jane Austen: “Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings” (or actually the form of the quotation was “her life became a succession of busy nothings”). The picture that Jane Austen

“There was always drama on her footsteps”

Sometime ago I stumbled across a quotation by Jane Austen: “Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings” (or actually the form of the quotation was “her life became a succession of busy nothings”). The picture that Jane Austen

When dishes need washing, the washer goes blogging

Or so I  thought a few days ago when the number of clean coffee mugs was going down at a rate that suggested a  instant merge of water, detergent, a dish brush and some elbow grease was needed . (I

When dishes need washing, the washer goes blogging

Or so I  thought a few days ago when the number of clean coffee mugs was going down at a rate that suggested a  instant merge of water, detergent, a dish brush and some elbow grease was needed . (I

Where is Victor when you need him?

It seems that I have a knack of getting myself into awkward situations. (Situations that  perhaps would not be awkward to most people, except me.) A while ago  I was lucky enough to be sent on a work trip to

Where is Victor when you need him?

It seems that I have a knack of getting myself into awkward situations. (Situations that  perhaps would not be awkward to most people, except me.) A while ago  I was lucky enough to be sent on a work trip to