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Life in plastic, it’s fantastic…
Read more: Life in plastic, it’s fantastic…Is all this packaging really necessary? I ask myself that every time I go shopping. It gets on my nerves. I buy groceries and then spend half a day separating waste. Waste that I neither asked for nor need. Plastic, paper, aluminum foil, the works. Dozens of euros’ worth of useless packaging which most of…
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Aventuri cu Moş Nicolae
Read more: Aventuri cu Moş NicolaeSe întâmpla în anul de graţie 2011. Ah, vremea inocenţei… Întreaga zi de 5 decembrie, micuţul ciocolatofag şi-a petrecut-o în trepidantă aşteptare. Urma să vină Moş Nicolae. Îl văzuse el la biserică, purta o mitră roşie pe cap, nu cuşmă cu moţ, cum era desenat pe coala imprimată de hârtie pe care o primise de…
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Ce iubesc la colinde…
Read more: Ce iubesc la colinde…adevărul lor catehetic profund – umanizat, nedogmatic înţelepciunea colectivă calmă, tandră chiar, aş spune (“dialogul calm cu promisiunea”, dacă ar fi să-l citez pe Andrei Pleşu) arhaicul lor – felul în care te transportă în pre-industrial, când ai senzaţia că “oamenii erau oameni”, că emoţiile izvorau dens, din trăiri autentice, când mai exista acel ingredient…
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Advent, advent…
Read more: Advent, advent…Just when I was running out of ideas for posts, my son (not yet 6 years old) found out there is no Santa Claus. Their kindergarten teacher told them. Maybe the increasing commercialization of Christmas finally got to her, or maybe she was trying to explain the local traditions despite the onslaught of American popular…
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Discrimination, my love
Read more: Discrimination, my loveWe’re in the process of moving to the Bavarian capital, and the rent is crushingly high, so I started to look for a second job. I was pretty happy when I actually got a few replies, but then it all ended the way it often does: the person on the other end looks at my…
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Rara avis
Read more: Rara avisMă luase cu foame dar providenţa a făcut să deschid cartea asta şi mi-a trecut. Mi s-a lipit de mână, de retină, de minte şi de “organul spiritual”. O carte bună, o gândire vie, limpede şi autentică – adevărurile, cu alte cuvinte – pot, iată, ţine de foame. O dovedeşte din nou Andrei Pleşu, care…
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A fine and healthy debate
Read more: A fine and healthy debateAdam and Eve were living in a world of plenty. They were in the Garden of Eden and everything was taken care of. They could have: had long, revealing conversations with God deepened their love and understanding of each other lived in harmony with their environment while exercising a minimal self-restraint contemplated, cultivated and created…
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Knock-knock! Who’s there? Depression season!
Read more: Knock-knock! Who’s there? Depression season!They’re here. The long, cold, damp winter months with their smothering darkness. So bring out those UV and infrared lamps and steer clear of depression. By the way, what is the deal with this depression epidemic nowadays? Is it the sensory deprivation of our virtual environment, the lack of true friends, the materialism, the stress,…
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La Roma
Read more: La RomaDin când în când călătoresc singură prin lume. Şi fiindcă tocmai am terminat de citit “Idele lui Martie” de Thornton Wilder, mi-am amintit de Roma. Acum trei ani, Roma a fost cadoul meu de Crăciun. Şi fiindcă vine iarna, mi-e dor să mai merg acolo odată, chiar acum, pe calea gândului. Să revăd ce? Umbrelele…
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Cusături
Read more: CusăturiÎţi curge infinitul pe la cusăturile hainelor, Prin ţesuturile care îţi căptuşesc inima, Prin buzunarele gândurilor. Umbli lăsând după tine Plete, plete de infinit, Pe care unii calcă cu picioarele, împiedicându-se, Ca de nişte cozi imponderabile de şerpi Iar alţii îşi împletesc din ele funii ca să se spânzure. Când deschizi pleoapa, Se zbat…
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Wake-up call
Read more: Wake-up callDear readers, dear friends, thank you so much for following my blog and thank you for your comments. Please have understanding if I am going to be a little quiet, a little absent for a while. Our family went through a traumatic experience two days ago. We could have lost our sweet little girl, our…
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Automotive darwinism
Read more: Automotive darwinismI am naturally wary of any car that is either: a) big enough to flatten my house or b) fast enough to break the sound barrier. :-P Which is why I try to stay out of their way if I can help it. I (almost) always give Porsches, Hummers, and even some BMWs the right…
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