I don’t remember exactly how I got to that bus stop. Actually, waiting for this train, it slowly comes back to me. I had volunteered to babysit for my friends’ toddler. Insofar as public transportation was concerned, this would prove to be a big week. After crisscrossing the country a […]

Today’s lesson come’s from Renee, a co-worker and optimist; the kind of person who’s always having a great day not just a good one, and who is a pleasure to be around. Renee’s lesson is not to be afraid to ask, and to have an open mind to learning new […]

Sari the Shark-Catcher explains that sometimes it takes a few tries before you can earn a preposterously enormous shark…or frog. The more you try, the more you win.  

Today, Chef Alexander Nagi answers PenTales 5 Life Lessons Questions. (Got some heard-learned lesson or some nuggets of wisdom to share? Time to spill them here.) 1. Who is your hero and why? I truly admire people that have misguided convictions, that are not afraid of being wrong, that enjoy experimenting, […]

By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin Caption: “The Harvest”, featuring, among others, my great grandad Louis, my mother Martine and my uncle Patrick, 1959, Switzerland. This project all started with this old picture. I found it in a photo album at my grandparents’ place while visiting them a few years back. […]