Karin Leeuwenhoek is a theologian, vinologist and communications scholar. She has ninety Italian olive trees, but mostly loves wine - and philosophising about it. See also her wine blog vinoblogie.co.uk. She writes a column in every issue of WINELIFE Magazine.
I get tired of myself. Because I still haven't learnt my lesson. Tired of myself. Because I am going to talk about it again in this wine column. About my feelings and my, well, personal condition. But that's allowed in a column, right? Let me take advantage of that. Because expressing, sharing, talking, keeping talking, that is the big challenge. Healing through sharing. I am sure many people recognise that.
Because this is not a Psychology Magazine is, but WINELIFE I will try to limit myself somewhat to my wine life. Last year, I told about a dark period, a spiritual void in which even wine no longer tasted good to me. No disaster if such a state lasts a few days or weeks, but this one lasted too long. And then uncertainty strikes: will this work out, like it always worked out so far? Will I learn to live and enjoy myself again? I could hardly imagine it, the feeling was gone, I had a wine block. But it worked out. I thought.
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