1. After almost 2-hour drive no more rain showers, but a rainbow and a church at the rainbow’s end. I want to stop to take a photo of the light and the colors, and overall beautiful scenery, but I’m on a highway with only two lanes and have just missed the exit.
2. Once I leave the cemetery I feel better.
3. I watch a documentary about Malala and question the meaning of my own little average life. I think it is to bring up two more wonderful girls who have the chance to go to school and to develop their talents like every human being should, and for that I am thankful and hopeful.

1. I give a call to the agent. He says one family is very much interested in the house. That is good.
2. I am sent a link to this. Watching young talented people makes me happy.
3. I work late and get home at nearly 8 p.m. As soon as I walk in Em wants to sing for me and Jay plays the piano and it’s lovely. Then Jay asks me to do some paper crafts with her, and we work on some colorful Easter cards.

1. A pre-notice about a potential buyer coming over to check the house on Saturday. And then a call from the agent that there might be two of them.
2. I am grateful we have left-overs from yesterday to warm up for today’s lunch.
3. A music recital. The girl’s playing the flute brings tears to my eyes. And she is only 12 years old!

1. Freshly pressed orange and banana juice for breakfast gives me a sense of doing something good for my girls.
2. The lady at the bank is really nice. I get some things done and I feel more at peace afterwards.
3. Em has some wonderful news to share. Her performance at their Secondary School Info Day was well noticed and she has been asked to sing at another performance end of this week.

1. My new face cream makes up for a good start of the day.
2. I take a walk at lunchtime. The tension at the office is so high I really need to get out.
3. I return home late after the parents’ meeting, but I get to spend the rest of the evening with Jay and Em, and that is soothing. Before bedtime we end up watching an interesting documentary about changing the face of the Earth with high buildings.

1. We go for a short walk and luckily, we only have to open our umbrellas just before we reach the house.
2. When we come out from the music hall, Jay and her teacher are waiting for us, Jay with s relief on her face and the teacher with a happy smile. Today isn’t one of Jay's good days as she seems to be fighting a virus (so am I), and lacked energy in her piano playing, but she performed beautifully.
3. A call from Jay’s teacher at 8 p.m. Jay won one of golden awards at the regional competition of young musicians, in her category. She is so happy, she gives me a big big hug, and can’t stop talking about it.

1. I check the bookstore, then walk back to the office.
2. As I come up to the hallway, I hear a sound behind my back - it is Jay sitting on the upper stairway, waiting for me.
3. At bedtime Jay suggests we flip through the latest edition of NG. We both love the images from the national parks.

1. I go for a walk during my lunch break. It’s sunny and warm and it feels like spring.
2. Em tells me everything about her new haircut over the phone. She is very excited. (And she looks lovely indeed.)
3. I doze off during my facial. Just for a second or so. So relaxing.

1. Em gives me a call right after history class. She is furious even three hours later when I pick her up. But she smiles by the time we get to the third traffic lights.
2. After I am finished cleaning up and Jay is finished with her school work she wants us to start some craft project. We create a card for my cousin’s birthday. The flowers don’t exactly pop out like we were hoping, but it is nice.
3. I am in bed by 9.30 p.m. I need some beauty sleep.

1. I have a new company mobile phone, my first touch-screen. My two coworkers first joke about it, but actually it only takes me about one minute to know how to use it and access all my data.
2. Jay shows me their new hip-hop choreography as soon as she walks in and takes off her jacket.
3. I tick off another few tasks just before sleep. Changing passwords in all my social media accounts is one of them.

1. Colorful food on our plates: risotto with sweet corn, peas and diced red peppers.
2. An e-mail from an old friend from overseas, a nice surprise.
3. I get dressed to go out, and when Jay sees me she suggest we both go for a walk which is a lovely change. She is not very fond of hiking and usually needs a push. I think it is because she enjoys walking on fallen tree trunks so much.

1. Jay helps me put away the Christmas tree decorations and the nativity scene. We are finished really quickly and don’t feel sentimental about it.
2. Irena only stays a short while but I appreciate her moral support.
3. Jay plays wonderfully at the concert, same as all other participants of the seminar. Afterwards we go for cakes to Dobnik’s, just like I promised.

1. I can tell that Jay is very nervous before the seminar. But when she plays, she is calm yet passionate and eager to incorporate the professor's suggestions. He seems very pleased and agrees she plays so well she could perform any two works at the Saturday concert, out of four works they had practiced. Jay beams with pride.
2. New data in my company profile: I have the same number of paid time-off days as last year, good!
3. Tonight I started reading the poem about the Goldhorn by Anton Askerc to Jay like I had to Em six or seven years ago. It will take many bedtime readings before we are finished and I am looking forward to these.

1. I made lunch right on time. One of their favorites, pasta with gorgonzola.
2. Jay wonders about the pianist’s changing expressions on his face and I say he must have been talking to the piano while playing which makes her laugh.
3. I noticed that she was a little distant. I thought it was just school work. Then tonight she opens up to me. It is sad, but a beautiful moment, and I am very grateful I can be there for her anytime she needs me.

1. I plan out my lunch break really well: after taking the books to the library I have a lovely walk along the river, stop at the book store and then have a decaf at my favorite café.
2. At first I have mixed emotions when the neighbor shows up at our doorstep with some of Em’s bijoux that she found in the bushes along the road, where they had obviously been tossed away by the burglars, keeping the valuable stuff. But Em is thrilled and I take it as a good sign.
3. I do some decluttering, which is now a daily task written down in my Moleskine. Another pile of books for the local libraries, two nightstand drawers empty now, and a bag of stuff from the bathroom that will be taken to the waste & recycling centre.

1. I bought my first Moleskine to keep better track of all to-dos in my life. I am very excited.
2. Jay clings to me while we sit on her bed as if to pour some of her joy into my tired soul.
3. It’s pouring outside, rain and hail, with thunder. I stay up late, watching tv, to make my girls feel safe while one is studying French and the other is sleeping in her room.

It's been a hard weekend. Lots of bad things happened. Things got stolen, a virus hit. And yet there are many things to be grateful for once you clear your mind and remember your values and priorities.

1. Nobody’s been hurt and on the outside there’s little evidence of vandalism which makes is easier to go on with everyday life.
2. All computers and cameras in the house intact. Memories safe for now.
3. Jay feeling better now. And looking forward to her piano seminar coming up this week.

1. What a coincidence to be invited for a business lunch to the castle restaurant right in our little town...
2. I am more than grateful the real estate agent was late and I had to leave within 30 minutes after his arrival.
3. There was a strong message at the end of the play that brought tears to my eyes.



The view of the bronze sculpture of a raftsman on the river’s bank through the library metal shutters


I can’t remember when was the last time…

1. …I spent the entire Saturday morning at the library, looking for books I had always wanted to borrow, reading, looking through the windows down to the river…
2. …I went to one of my favorite grill restaurants to have lunch all by myself…
3. …I saw a movie about Christmas at the cinema…

1. Many many daisies, still asleep, at the roundabout island in the cold morning.
2. While I read a book there are three girls rehearsing for a class show in the next room, singing, giggling and having a great time.
3. A walk in the dark, under a sky full of stars, away from humans and close to the Universe.