Tag: candle
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Day Two Hundred Thirty Eight, September 17, 2011
After a long hot summer and a lot of traveling, the first sign that we are settled back from the holidays is a home made cake. Lea and I baked a marble cake today and then she and her friend took out all the decorations we have to create their masterpieces. Candles were added and…
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Day One Hundred Sixty Four, July 5, 2011
“when it is dark enough, you can see the stars” ~ Persian proverb So simple, so true. Light a candle in the sunlight and you see nothing, light it on a dark night and it can illuminate you way. On a very grey, hot, humid day in Shanghai, I was walking the streets as usual…
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Day Fifty One, March 14, 2011
Since the tragic earthquake happened in Japan a few days ago, I did my best to keep the details from Lea. The reason is that she tends to worry so much about things, I feared opening up the subject with her would lead to some sleepless nights and a whole amount of of worry much…