Stairs to nowhere

Ha! Andrea, you are way too kind in describing the new president as "unattractive." My word (just one of them) is "despicable." Don't worry, he doesn't hate Italians, only Mexicans and people who didn't vote for him. Also very disrespectful of Jews, women and African-Americans. He will add to the list as he goes along, I am sure. Our government will now be a total embarrassment and horror show!

Anyway...I also worked with people, but in mental health. I know what you mean about needing peace and quiet. Now, I am retired, but it used to take me all weekend to get back to myself, then Monday arrived too soon! Yes, very stressful, sad, exhausting work. Often quite traumatic, but also could be funny. I used to live near the ocean, so it took me a very long time to accept that I live here. Now I finally appreciate the barren, vast landscape, almost monochrome and restful to the eyes. It has a certain grandeur and feels limitless. I know you would enjoy it and feel you are truly in an unfamiliar place.

Still, I'd rather live by the sea - haha!

Ahh, maybe so! Merci beaucoup!

Hi Diane I also have worked with disabled kids many years ago. So we are colleagues! Reading your words I feel lucky because in more than 25 years of social work I have never felt that Mondays come too soon. I mean, I love my free time, I need it to refill myself and to just live other things. But I also love my job, it perfectly fits to me. Yes, it's heavy but exciting at the same time...

I thing you really would like Corsica. It's a beautiful french island (though inhabitants do not feel fully french): in fact it's a perfect mix between superb transparent sea, beautiful coasts and wild mountains. In Corsica landscapes are just breathtaking and you can change location according with the feelings of the moment...

Lol! Well, if not for tire tracks in a semi-circle around it, I wouldn't have a clue!