Too blessed to be stressed

  Greetings from a land where Summer is still on, wine is cheap and delicious, life seems to be simpler (or is it just because I'm on my holidays?).

   Used to all inclusive option, we allow someone else to decide how we want to spend our time, what we want to eat. Life was a bit harder before all the lifestyle magazines and portals appeared- we had to make our own decisions, there was more space for imagination and individual style. We want to make our life easier and erase a lot of those small activities like peeling off potatoes, cleaning up the mess in bathroom, ironing clothes, planting and cultivating herbs and vegetables. But instead of simple work we added new things into our lifestyles: stress and worries.

  I believe in simple things. And that being happy is also something simple. It's time spent with someone you love, it's a cup of delicious coffee, it's a shadow on sunny day, it's waiting for something impatiently, it's finding something cool on the internet, it's a good book read in a park, it's a postcard in your mailbox and photographs reminding you of good old days.

 

Mustard Expert

 That might be one of the weirdest facts about me- I do love mustard and I'd love to be known as Mustard Expert. Like sommeliers distinguish subtle differences in wines that for me are simply red, white, rose, cheap, expensive, tasty or not, I want express my admiration for mustard in the same way. I think I'm on a good way- I already distinguish different kinds of mustard, have my favorite one and don't think that mustard is just mustard- good base for becoming an expert. So if you'll ever wonder which mustard to choose, you know who to ask ;)

 

Holidays! Freedom!

 I had a little trip into the past and reminded how it was in childhood waiting for summer holidays :) I was counting down the hours and when I got out I wanted to sing out loud "Freedom! Freedom!". It felt like getting out of prison, breathing fresh air, seeing sun for the first time.

 Now I can switch from routine mode (which makes sense every morning right after alarm clock) onto free time mode (which basically means do what you like!).

 Time to catch some Autumn sun!

Life in shopping centre

(Wishful thinking:  Let it be last post about my present work on this blog)

  We all agreed to be put in can without sunlight and air, to be stunned with too loud music, to be blinded with artificial lights and colors, to be tempted with specially prepared aromas. Some even find it great entertainment to spend Sundays with family in malls (sic!). Ok, maybe I see this from other perspective- of worker who spends 8 hours everyday there. Stuff in shop doesn't thrill you that much after seeing it again and again everyday. First idea was amazing- to put many shops in one big building. Add cafes and restaurants. Aha, let's not forget about cinema and parking space. But that idea lost it freshness right after second, third, fourth, etc. mall in each city. How much money we have to spend? The amount of them is limited. What with the amount of goods on shop shelves? What with the real value of the things? 

 There's something anarchistic in my soul that shouts loud when I start to think about it. Or maybe it's basic human dignity.  

Suntastic

  Sun. Air. Nothing more. No sales, no new collections, no latest trends, no news, no bestsellers. Just give me sun and air, it's fancy enough. It helps me feel I'm alive better than movie or concert, even better than great book or piece of art. Whatever human being would imagine and design, it's still nothing comparing to the nature.

Little gestures

 Eyes, nose, lips, fingers. Hard to live without them, we use them everyday without noticing the fact that we actually have this parts of our bodies. But beyond the simple existence, there are ways of using eyes, lips and fingers in more subtle ways... It's a secret of those who love life. Their skin really feel the softness of textile, the temperature of water, rays of sun. Lips can give kisses and can take them back. Can smile and whistle or sing. And eyes can send warm feelings when they look  at you. What would be life without those unimportant/so important little gestures?

She & Him

  I have difficulties with starting this post. I want to avoid banality and slosh...but the first things that come to my mind now are exactly like that. So I need to dig a little bit deeper in my brain, make my imagination and memory work a little bit harder to put in words the simplest fact in the Universe- that She & Him goes well together. That even despite different points of view, different reactions, fuss and fights, they still find way to themselves. 

 Remains of the day:

  -tomorrow 4th wedding this summer :)

  -it's not a Valentine's Day post!

  -print on a bag seen in Berlin "In Love we trust"