Neighbor Paddy had seen her first, trying to sleep in the field. He had already given her some food, there in the field, but he can’t take her home because he has two cats. And those two don’t tolerate much from the owner. We talked about it: maybe an out-of-favor hunting dog? She doesn’t look …
I hear portuguese foster son Hugo approaching while I’m meditating behind the kitchen. He’s talking to someone – it’s impossible not to hear it; i am not a trained tibetan monk. He speaks English, so it’s probably an unexpected visitor Hugo calls me in the kitchen but I don’t respond. That’s not possible, sorry guys, …
The church and cemetery of Samuel are situated in a beautiful spot. I have cherished memories buried there. We once held a surprise picnic on October 31 with the whole group. The whole cemetery was decorated with candles and flowers, with a majestic full moon above it. Good times. I’m quite early for this trip …
I wave goodbye to you for now, dear readers, I’m going for a month of free time. The december month is anyway full of looking for presents for your loved ones, making surprise packages and funny poems for the Dutch, making nice packages for the rest of the world and celebrating the new year if …
Although parking was a bit of a challenge due to the crowds, we were still fine on time. I invited a friend to come to this concert – I had seen the announcement of the Soweto Gospel Choir a few weeks ago – and I thought it would be fun, finally a cultural outing again, …
I’ve been breathing in a sickening sweet aroma all week – that is to say, I’m not in it all the time, but if you come into that room hours later you can still smell it. Not very attractive. That’s because of the babies. Eight billion, roughly speaking Maybe I’m coming up with that number …
Beautiful weather here, dear readers … it is blue, sunny and warm. And humid, because we landed in the humid half year of the year. Great weather for mushrooms! You see them everywhere. Then here, then there. Sometimes they are gone within a day. By themselves, then their life is over, or somebody spotted and …
The day started well. Wonderful weather for November – nice, a day of watery sun, in between all the watery days without. I had an Assignment, several in fact, so I drove to the coast. I gifted myself a day of shore leave in Figueira da Foz Completely unexpected, so even more fun. This is …
Flashes. Rumbling. Fortunately, it is more threatening and grumbling than a real full-blast thunderstorm. Like a while ago: suddenly a huge bang in the middle of the night. Between the showers and grumbling, glueing the broken tiles to the facade After regular guest / friend Astrid went home, it’s like that. Large low hanging clouds …
“Well, this is really worth the detour,” Yvonne says appreciatively, “I’m glad I followed Henriëtte’s recommendation. Nice to have a room all to myself for a few nights. Take a break.” Yvonne walks the pilgrimage route to Fátima, with stamp booklet and al She has already done the road to Santiago de Compostela. “It’s getting …
