Experience taught me how to get along, resolve problems that my illness brings with it, extreme tiredness, aches, pains and stiffness throughout my body. To minimize this from happening too often I have found a method to come to terms with Parkinson’s and its pit falls, without having side effects. First thing I have to […]
Archives for May 2012
Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter
May 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
One of the many side-effects and problems that my illness causes, is the gradual loss of the sense of taste. Now as far as I am concerned, this ability still works very well. Anyhow sometimes my sense of taste does not give a true indication. It is sometimes too weak and other times exaggerated. For […]
Out Cycling Around Galliate
May 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Dutchman and I often go cycling on the farm roads around our town and then also in the Ticino Park (bordering our town) there are special cycle/pedestrian paths among the trees which also lead to the banks of the Ticino River. It is such a pleasurable outing, young and old make use of these […]
How We Passed Time in the Industrial Age
May 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
Growing up as a teenager in the seventies was a complete different kettle of fish compared to today’s Information Age. Now teenagers get fat sitting on their beds playing electronic games on their iPads and other fancy gadgets. South Africa although seen as the Switzerland of Africa was still far behind Europe in many ways. […]
Waterfalls Where Water Falls
May 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
In South Africa there are vast areas of plantations of trees which are used for the wood industry. These areas are divided more or less into huge squares. The paths that make up the boundaries of these squares are called fire breaks. They are made for the purpose of avoiding the spread of a fire […]
Real Art Cannot Be Sold
May 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Many years ago, when my hands did not shake as much as they do now, one of my favorite hobbies was to make small wicker baskets and I used to sell them for special occasions like Christmas, Easter or other happenings. It was very difficult for me to make these baskets not only because I […]
Rock Spiders vs Rooinekke
May 3, 2012 by 3 Comments
South Africa is historically an ex British colony and had an influx of various European immigrants during and after the seventeenth century. They arrived from Britain, Holland, France, and Germany, and more so when it was discovered that South Africa was rich in gold, diamonds and other precious resources. Apart from the many original tribal […]
I got my inspiration for this website from the song called “Imagine”, and so I decided to go on this adventure. I have always wanted to put up something like this where my friends and I could express our memories and dreams for the future. Share them with us, because if many people dream the same dream it will certainly come true.