Some newness

Isn’t it a little paradoxical that my last post was about an absent friend when I was being a little absent myself?

It’s a little cyclical with me. I’ve been blogging for over three years and it’s become an online presence that I won’t give up. I’ve never really found my own style though and have hovered around different styles over the years. I had a lot of activity a year or so ago and then several friends quit and I went a lot quieter. That’s what happens when you get very “discrete”. It only takes one or two people to quit or be quiet and the whole thing collapses.

Now I do know that I have a silent following of several friends that drop by from time to time to see what’s up (and that includes some members of my family too) but they rarely, if ever, leave a trace in the comments so I have no idea when they visit or if they find anything interesting.

Some of these are French speaking and probably don’t comment because they feel it should be in English. This is far from the truth however. I would happily accept comments in French and I would even go bilingual if there was a demand. This is a little chicken and egg story though as I have tried before. This is interesting because we have an international expert on hand and Stephanies blog has been bilingual for as long as I’ve been visiting.

I digress though (once again).

So what have I been up to these past few days? I’ve been watching the 3rd series of Desperate Housewives on TV (better than season 2 in my opinion), I’ve been working on a new professional site that I am building for an association that has created a school for technicians in Tanzania. I’m tinkering with the idea of creating a part-time business building and maintaining websites as I’m getting quite good at it.

I am also an expert for English as a foreign language for young Apprentices at Commercial School so I’ve been busy officiating at Oral Exams and getting ready to mark the written papers. It’s a busy time of the year.

I also had my Mum visiting from the UK over the past few weeks (she came back with us after our visit to the UK at the beginning of the month. It was lovely seeing her and having her closer to me and I was delighted to be able to have her at home and spend some time chatting. My parents having retired to the UK (They lived here in Switzerland for many years) I miss them a lot and it’s a shame they are so difficult to get to travelwise.