Archive for the “friends” category
far / fahren
by Pippa on May 16, 2011
[Don't get confused - it's not a direct translation, but the alliteration fits.]
I’ve lived overseas (on and off) for about 5 years now and it has always been with the knowledge that distance makes it much harder to maintain …
100 Things I Want To Learn (More) About… Updated!
by Pippa on October 3, 2010
About a year and a half ago I posted a list of 100 Things I Want To Learn (More) About…. I wrote the list when I was in a more active phase of my DIY Masters, a very slowly …
In case of emergency…
by Pippa on November 26, 2009
There’ll always be times when keeping up with your mindapples (the mental health 5-a-Day) just aren’t enough – and you find yourself overwhelmed with anxiety or the sads. For example, I know that the heavy grey skies of Berlin can …
California by FBZ
by Pippa on May 26, 2009
California by FBZ, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.
Fabienne (aka FBZ) of fabienne.us and HardHack (May 28, 29, @ C-Base) drew a map of California for the nottoscale project. The first Berlin Geek Picnic was rained out as …
Visitors!
by Pippa on May 19, 2009
I am having a marvellous time.
This week I’m overwhelmed with visits by half a dozen lovely people primarily from Adelaide band Brillig. It’s an absolute pleasure to be showing the first arrivals, Matt and Elizabeth around my new …
150 Things #5: The Philosophy of Excellent Friendships
by Pippa on April 13, 2009
One of the things that motivated me to start learning more about friendship is the modern and instant types of “friend” as represented by social networks. I sometimes feel that the meaning[s] of ‘friend’ are somewhat weakened by the more …
150Things: #4 On becoming Friends
by Pippa on March 6, 2009
One of the reasons that I’ve become so interested in the process of friendship creation is that over the last 3 years I’ve been moving from place to place. I’ve stayed in Helsinki, Sheffield and Berlin for a minimum of …
March Forward
by Pippa on February 23, 2009
Primarily it’s the fact that I’m pretty tired of cold, wet weather but my thoughts are turning to magic portals and instant travel back to Adelaide in the next couple of weeks. While I love Spring in Adelaide and would …
der Tee
by Pippa on January 13, 2009
I finally bought a package of jasmine tea today. Along with the recent purchase of a proper hairdryer, it’s a sign that I’m letting myself feel more comfortable in Berlin. It might not properly feel like home, but I’m beginning …
