Our heated discussion with Tony Achmat had sent me to the internet and compiling a list of all conceivable human values – all the things people talk about as important, wish for, fight for and defend. I went through web sites, oracle cards, books and all sorts of materials I had from the past. I…
In February 2017, our friend and renowned business coach Tony Achmat was invited to Mumbai, India, to receive the Global Trainer and Leadership Developer Award at the 25th Jubilee Global HRD Congress. It was a well-deserved recognition following 27 years working with the corporate community in Europe. As he prepared his acceptance speech, we discussed the issue…
Paul Stamets is the pioneer of fungi and mushroom research who made us all aware of the real magic happening under our feet. I’m a big fan of mushrooms for their fascinating shapes and colors which I use in my digital art. Many Czechs love to “mushroom hunt” to collect their favorite edible mushrooms, but…
In conversations with friends, I often find myself saying “When we lived in the mountains” and realize just how much that experience altered me. In 1998, we decided we’d had enough of the bright lights and big city, moving to the mountains in Northern Bohemia, about an hour and a half away from Prague. We…
The city is, in my case, Prague. I was born here but, until a teenager, didn’t spend much time in the center. Although full of history, in those communist days the center was a rather gray area, with many crumbling buildings and sad looking shops. As a kid, I lived on the outskirts in a…
Animals play a very important role in my life, both personally and professionally. So here are the icons of my life, the best friends of all… Barkley The ultimate and unforgettable pet of my life was a black Labrador named Barkley (1996-2010). He was a legend among our friends, family and neighbors and for good…
Because I work from home and work together with my husband, my personal life is fully blended with my professional and artistic life. It’s all part of the whole. If I were born a British aristocrat, I would jump off the cliffs of Dover. If my husband was born an aristocrat, he would have loved…
DIY Life I was supposed to be a boy and, having disappointed my Dad in this respect, he decided to teach me everything he intended to teach a son. I watched my parents build our cottage at the age of five. One of my earliest memories is having learned to open my own lemonade caps,…
Gardening for me is part dream and part reality. I’ve lived in five homes, always starting or maintaining a garden that was never mine. After we moved back to Prague, my focus shifted back to my parents’ cottage garden. The Garden of Bohemia When I was five year old, my parents bought a small lot…
My Cooking Story For me, cooking is just another form of creativity – a very tangible one. I learned the basics from Jim, who maintains that all American men can cook, even if they cook badly. Then during our ten years living in the mountains, I cooked practically every meal we ate and it was…