Being like a Feather

  I am so excited! Yesterday - August 18, 2021 - I met Gianluca Bezzina! Before I tell my story I want all of you, who don´t know Gianluca Bezzina, to listen to the song "Tomorrow", which he performed for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013. And it is important to watch: - first the official video of TOMORROW - second the live performance of Gianluca in ESC Finals in Malmo, Sweden  Here are the links: Offical video of "Tomorrow" by Gianluca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WmJXIR9xtw Live performance of Gianluca at the Finals of Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo, Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK4TvZeL6c0 Did you like the song? I LOVE IT! So, here is my story: Being a huge fan of ESC for pretty much all of my life I do remember Malta always having outstanding good performers. In fact it was because of ESC that I even knew about Malta in general.  It was in 2012 when I visited Malta for the first time and it was then when I fell in love with that tiny i...

Soon, very soon, I will be Fifty! There is nothing sinister about that thought. And I really have no clue why people, especially women, are making such a big fuss about turning Fifty. Okay, I get that I am not "normal". The way my life turned out so far has nothing in common with the usual evolving of a standard life in our western European society.  Married twice, no children. No meaningful relationship in ... I am afraid I have to call it ... decades.  Leaving my home country to live on a tiny island in the very South of Europe. Being happy with my life without responsibilities and plans ahead. So yes, I am aware my life is not really to compare with a standard life of many other women who turn Fifty in Europe. But also if I think of those other women. Why is it so hard for some of them to turn Fifty? To tell you the truth, I believe the only reason is:  Women have always complained about getting older and that´s why it is still be done! My niece, who is only ...