Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
When I was happy #3
My father’s German and doesn’t speak much English. That didn’t stop him buying a share of a buffalo farm in Saskatchewan in 1998. This resulted in friendships and visits. It’s one of his favorite places on earth, and once I started visiting also became one of mine. Now, years later, the farm is sold, and [...]
Filed under: 2000s, Father, Happiness, Travel | Closed
Tags: father, happiness, Lake Montreal, road trip, Saskatchewan
When I was happy #2
Back in the day, before I was married, before the child, I used to sometimes take the train instead of the plane back from business trips. My favorite trip ever took me from St Paul-Minneapolis to Portland on the Empire Builder in the middle of winter, a trip that takes almost two days. Much of [...]
Filed under: 1990s, Happiness, Travel | Closed
Tags: Empire Builder, happiness, isolation, snow, trains, winter
When I was happy #1
Someone (I think it was an Arab Emperor) once said that if you add up all the truly happy moments in your life you’ll find that they’ll add up to only a few hours. It seemed an accurate observation at the time when I read it. It also now has me making a list of [...]
Filed under: 2000s, Happiness, Music, Travel | Closed
Tags: Denver, Ethiopian music, happiness, sunrise, taxi
The pursuit of happiness
A few years ago I read all of Victor Klemperer’s Diaries – from 1933 to 1959. I read them in the subway on the way to work, at a time when I felt overwhelmed and miserable. I figured it would be therapeutic to read about the daily life of someone who had it so much [...]
Filed under: Books, Germany, History, Third Reich, Victor Klemperer, World War II, Writers | Closed
Tags: bombing of Dresden, Dölzschen, diaries, Eva Klemperer, Hadwig Klemperer, happiness, miserableness, Muschel, persecution of Jews, Q train, stoicism, Third Reich, Victor Klemperer
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