Coffee Machine and Break

Coffee Machine and Break

I bought myself a new coffee machine, that’s what they say, to be on trend. All well and good for a few weeks, I was very happy to have new technology, until one morning when it stopped working.  I was sad for a few days until the weekend and then I went to the...
How Do We Dress at the Athenaeum?

How Do We Dress at the Athenaeum?

I went to a concert a month ago at the Athenaeum. Admittedly, I don’t go as often as I once did, when I didn’t miss anything at the theatre, opera, or Athenaeum. But I had still been to a violin and piano concert in August. Both concerts were superb. But I...
Mrs. and Mr. S

Mrs. and Mr. S

I had the good fortune to meet some people from another century, from a royal court. Mrs. and Mr. S were the definition of elegance, kindness, empathy, wisdom. I was 20, about to leave for France when I met them. They were friends with the people who invited me to...
Let’s Think Together

Let’s Think Together

For two years now we have been working from home, from the same country or from other countries, wherever we want and wherever we can. Somehow, the rule is that there aren’t many rules anymore. Attempts by companies to establish a framework where people come to...