Beauty Today: power cuts

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Photo By: rakeif It’s a beautiful morning. You stretch, rub your eyes and slowly get up. The sun is shining and it looks like it’s going to be a great day. You wash your teeth, and then proceed to make a cup of tea. But, there is a problem. There is no power. This also means that if the water boiler in the bathroom doesn’t have any hot water in it, you will have to take a cold shower. It also means that you cannot blow dry your hair, make toast, and you certainly cannot use...

Beauty Today: the Pillow

Photo by: just.luc Some like it thin, some like it thick. Some like it firm, some life it soft. But everyone loves a pillow. Pillows are the epiphany of comfort. Whatever shape, size or filling, you are bound to find a comfortable pillow somewhere. I know I definitely have a favorite pillow – the traditional American rectangular shaped ones, synthetic and medium. Right now I have a traditional European (or at least German and Romanian, I’ve been told the Netherlands have different sizes) one which, for those of you who don’t know, is a huge square. I believe it...

Let’s see the Beauty together.

I believe that everything and everyone has beauty. I can’t remember the exact time that I figured this out for myself, but I can tell you that it wasn’t that long ago. What I do remember was sitting in the back of my parents van, my dad angry about being stuck in traffic. We were returning from a weekend trip spent up north fishing and swimming (it was a hot September). I remember being annoyed with all the flies and bugs. I remember being annoyed with the fact that we had to walk 4 km to get to an ice cream parlour. Why didn’t my dad pick a place that I would enjoy...