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Living with illness•Sick Wednesday

Take a (virtual) detour

Woman at the laptop in cafe
29/11/2017 by microandfriends No Comments

When people ask, “how do technology and the internet help you to do what you do?”, I usually find myself going down the usual route and say “well, I do a lot of my research online, and technology helps me to connect to people and reach out…” blablabla … but I only recently went beyond my existing tools of skype calls/meetings (which I do for supervision), the good old email, and the occasional online course: vlogging software meets academia!

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Dear Friday

Six weekends to Christmas

17/11/2017 by microandfriends No Comments

So, I’ve been trying to ignore the signs, but they can no longer be ignored: it’s that time of year again, ALREADY! Stealthily, Christmas decorations have been popping up everywhere around me in the London shops, and yesterday there was a big ruckus with fireworks outside my office window (the lighting of the Christmas lights in Regent Street).

Only 6 weekends until Christmas (and the last of these already brings us Christmas Eve)! I guess that means I have to face up to it and make the most of the season…

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Dog Tuesday•Travel with dogs

Holidays with dogs – addendum

Microthedog with his friend Pan in the back of the car
14/11/2017 by microandfriends No Comments
This is how we hope our pets travel. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. A few weeks ago Micro (together with us) met super (dog) model Elle and her human, who had just come back from a trip to Paris. And, of course, we got chatting about how to travel with dogs – one has to exchange tips and tricks, right?
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Dear Friday•Living with illness

Preparing for the colder season

Walking through the woods with two dogs
10/11/2017 by microandfriends No Comments
It’s Friday again, and the first time blogging with the new laptop – the previous one passed away taking 3500 unsaved words with it (sigh). How was your week? Are you already plotting gifts/food/how-to-survive Christmas? This coming weekend is supposed to be a cold one in London, so time to break out the flannels (where did I store the winter bed sheets again?) Maybe time to make those big-batch breakfasts so that we don’t have to freeze in the kitchen making breakfast in the morning, or – alternatively – finally crack the timer on the boiler (either way). Or make the giant sweet potato latke for breakfast that one just has to warm up in the oven – that also sounds pretty good for a cold Saturday/Sunday morning. Don’t you think?
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Hello, we’re two expat friends (aka Tournesol and Tigerduck) and a dog (Micro-the-Dog, aka “the boss”). After living in London for 18 and 16 years respectively (or 5 years in the case of Micro), we’ve just made a leap of faith back across the channel and are building a new life in Munich. Thank you for reading our musings about the world, life, living with CFIDS/ME, music, crafts, dogs and other observations.

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Leaving on holiday sans dog

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