By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland We here at PenTales are realizing that the dirty secret behind our love of stories is that we need help. Yes, stories are sometimes nothing more than like a visit to an old wise friend or a dose of prozac or just a […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland Here at PenTales we love discovering and sharing stories. This Sunday, sitting at the kitchen table and working on this post I was wandering around the Web looking for the ultimate blog written by 80+ year olds. I stumbled upon “the ageless project”, […]
Dear Friends, 2012 is just around the corner. This is the perfect time to reflect on the years behind us and consider those ahead. You know, try to learn from the stupid things we (and others) did last year or the year before, or the year before that… So, in […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland Refreshing blog, Advanced Style, features ‘advanced’ fashionistas and celebrates the love of fashion and great taste encountered on the streets of NYC, Paris or Milan. All the ladies and gentlemen photographed by Ari Seth Cohen prove to have the uttermost taste in fashion. […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland August 6 2011, riots devastated Eastern London. Watching the news was like watching a strange mix of ‘V for Vendetta’, ‘25 days later’, and other similar end-of-the-world blockbuster movies. These riots were different, it was real. It affected local businesses, the lives of […]
What influenced our choices? Did we miss opportunities, following our inner voices. I feel there is a master-plan imprinted on each soul. Each journey is unique and grand, expressing Love’s our goal. We chose this earth to be our school; compassion is our quest. Our reasoning mind can’t comprehend […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland People in their late 20s and 30s have all seen this picture with the radio cassette on the Web. It most certainly reminded them memories of the time they used to own a radio cassette. I remember spending afternoons at my friend Sarah’s […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland With the PenTales Life Lessons Project we want to give 60+ years old and seniors a voice on the Web 2.0 (check out the call for stories here). I interviewed my grandad a couple of months ago, and within an hour I learned […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland Seniors trying to figure out how PhotoBooth works Check out these hilarious videos of this funny old couple discovering PhotoBooth! It makes me both laugh AND marvel at how much change their generation has lived through. I remember explaining to my grandad how […]