David Burke's Writers in Paris Walking Tours: Samuel Beckett - Résistant

David Burke's Writers in Paris Walking Tours: Samuel Beckett - Résistant: In a corner of Paris not known at all for its literary figures, a plaque here commemorates one of the greatest writers of the 20th cen...

so..here we are ...after much time has passed!  I have had a whirlwind year!  between work, and my few holidays....

last year..I ventured to France again....I went to Marseille to visit with a penpal...and we drove along the coast(on the cliff's edge..no less)...and also to Monaco!  next stop was Venice...where I went to Murano..to see glass being hand made!  exciting!  I knew nothing of Venice except about what I have read in my historical novels...and Murano was the only place really mentioned!  so I learnt a  lot..but there is so much more to see!  Then I returned to Bordeaux for another visit...


 I just wish I had more money!!!  if I could only win the lottery!  I could  travel so much more!  but...I take what I can get!

Can't wait to plan my next holiday!  There is so much out there...I just don't know where to begin!  :)

So...it's been a long time since I have posted anything here.
I am very sad today...my life just stinks....I keep trying to make it better, and it is just simply not working in my favour.  I am so alone....I just want someone in mty life...why doesn't anyone want to be with me?  I don't know what it is that apparently is making me un-loveable....I keep getting my heart broken over and over....and it just seems to be my fault..every time...I just don't understand it.  I am sure I will recover from this, but I may never be the same.....I don't think I can go through this anymore.... I really am a hopeless romatic..it's sad...
why is it that good, nice men are so hard to find?  a couple of the ones I know are really good, and nice, but of course...they don't want me...that has to mean something is wrong with me..doesn't it?  I mean....honestly... where is my good fortune?  where is my rainbow?  where is my pot of gold?  when do I get what I want?  at this rate..apparently NEVER!
what have I done wrong in this life to deserve this?  I am always nice, and always helpful to others, and always giving of myself....I rarely ask for anything in return....where is my happiness?

so...I went on holiday to Europe! had a great time, although it was not nearly long enough! went to Dijon, Bordeaux (ooh la la), Enschede, and Amsterdam, Hamburg, Chemnitz and Halle(Saale). took the train everywhere. was very tempted to go straight back to Bordeaux! trying to figure out a way to get back there now! I am going through withdrawal.

I had such a good time there. got to meet one of my penpals, who was absolutely wonderful. he showed me around the city, and we went to eat out a couple times. walked along the Garonne, and looked up at the stars! I even saw a satelite! found Casseopaeia. he said he saw the north star!

ever the hopeless romantic, I think I have gotten carried away with emotion! want to recapture it all...and never let it go!

for all you European holiday planners...take the train! it is so relaxing and enjoyable. everyone was extremely helpful in every respect. it is definitely much better than spending half your trip in airports!

Ok...what to do....I am not giving up on the man front yet... I have high hopes for someone I met last year. it is hard enough to start a relationship when you live near each other...at least 10 times that when you are across an ocean!! I wish he would talk to me... why do men not like to talk feelings, yet, they want you to pour out your heart and soul to them. I am concentrating on my crochet...it is a really good distraction. however, I am a true hopeless romantic..and everytime I think of him, my heart starts to flutter. every romantic novel I read...he is the man and I am the woman..in the story. it is just so hard.... I haven't had any type of relationship for such a long time. I don't want my poor heart to get trampled. I know I could get through it, but would I be able to pick up the pieces and start over!!!

my grany square is growing steadily..... I am thinking of starting another project....maybe doing a blanket with a basket weave effect. of course if won't be a square.
on this, the first day of spring..we had SNOW! can you believe it? I'm not complaining, mind. it was just such an utter surprise, after all the nice weather we have been having lately.
been trying to read as well...getting through book after book. it is rather exciting..reasing all these new authors.....one's I have never heard of before. I am so sad that my bookshop is closing. :( now I will have to travel further to get books. I guess that is not so bad, in the grand scheme. I won't be so tempted now, because the shop won't be in my back yard! however.....the craft shop is still there! not much better...for temptations!
I am trying to motivate myself to clean up my room. it's not working. every time I think too much, I get exhausted! sigh.....

I have success!!! My granny square is coming along nicely. I had to buy more yarn...I had to take the blanket with me so I could match the colour correctly, as I did not remember the colour name or dye lot number. Silly me!
Still reading up a storm....found quite a few books by sheer accident... bookshops and craft shops are dangerous places for me!! I can't walk in for just one thing. I always walk out with more than I intended, and almost always not even what I went looking for! This time in the craft shop, I restrained myself...I only bought the yarn in the colours I would need. A small feat for me!
Anyway, my blanket is already getting heavy, and I am so ready to start yet another one. Not an unusual practice for me. I like to have several projects going at once. That way, I won't tire of looking at the same thing over and over again.