Saturday, May 26, 2018

Florence on Fire!

Another post? Yes indeed! I am on fire today!

Fantasy!
The year still is winding down like a snail race but suddenly , at the end of the week there is Graduation , Biology exam and the reporting for the Semester so by the time I actually end this school year, that wine in Portugal will be looking like elixir!

Hobart - before I left
Hot and bothered Tasmanian woman wandering in the early days!
I guess I should provide a clear reflection on the year but, I am not sure I can offer more than is already in this blog which will serve as my reminder ! I do think about my second year in Kuwaut though- how different it will be when I arrive back here after summer holidays. I do remember just how terribly hot it was on the night I arrived . It smacked me right in the face and caused interesting overheating! I know what the heat is like now- constant 40 plus becomes the norm!
My apartment will be still here, complete with red wall and all those little treasures that have accumulated around me will remain safely over the break. I will return to familiarity!
Next school year will be different though- different focus and different roles but I look forward to it.

And the weekend is closing down- the Ramadan day will be over in an hour which means it will be time to head out to eat.
So,
Life?
Wonderful
Self?
Contented and constantly looking forward to stuff!
My travel is primary
and that is what I do!
and we get personal leave days which I spent at the pool!





Birthday weekend in Bahrain



Bahrain and the birthday!

And this is what Kuwait has done to me!

Monday, May 21, 2018

Loving life is easy when you are abroad.....

Where noone knows you and you hold life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time........ Hannah Arendt

Ah Kuwait!

You slow me down
and I fall into the Ramadan time when life
becomes
just
a focus on
when do we eat but not for me
or when do we drink water

and I am waiting for the summer
when no more will I sit in
air conditioning
nor heat -hot heat

But before we get to that there is much more that happens...
Interesting presentation
Breakfast!
Gorgeous home group and Nancy , my student teacher
Did I tell you there is an ice skating rink here
we took the girls
The girls!
I value my ankles and all that little bits that depend on a bipedal motion
so
like a dear little old lady
they took me in a skating chair
perfect
I could not fall
Patient staff at the Ice Skating rink
I am in one piece

But summer is upon us and the heat grows stronger every day. Today it was 40. Summer is yet to really hit but when it does I think it will be more than a slap in the face.
I like to sit on the roof  and look across the city, in the evening, and after the heat is leaving. That said, the radiant heat from the mass of buildings surrounding us is huge so even though the breeze strokes me, it leaves my skin hot....
Life is good
Who got their fair share?????


End of year celebrations






Setting up my art stuff

Fierce Kuwaiti Young Woman








Royal weddings come and go
but the Kuwait one was different

and so I wait
for the summer break
but there are three weeks left
with exams and reports
and building   heat

Do I like it?
I love it

I will be teaching IB Biol and head the Science department
such things are dreams made of!!!!
Kinda

a la Japanese



The Tiny World of Florence....

 Absence from the ones we love from those who are closest an emptiness Thank you COVID you brought to our minds the things we hold most dear...