The weather has been beautiful the past few weeks. Beautiful sun, during the day at least 20 degrees if you were in it. Emphasis on Were In It. It’s Carnival, and it seems like tradition that it rains In February, rain is cold. Nice if you are in your bikini. Like the devil is playing …
We walk just around the bend, Mira and I. I stop because a car is coming. “CAR” I say with a frowned emphasis, as always, trying to make it clear to the dog that these things are serious. Suddenly, right in front of my feet something is moving, and fluttering around in circles. That’s weird. …
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 …
“I’ll call soon to discuss it – I’d love to celebrate my birthday here. It’s in October … but I’ll call in a week or two … ” And indeed, she calls: “Can it be then-and-then, we won’t make it late, people come during the day to congratulate, and later we go into the Fancy …
Thirty thousand years ago. Then when people felt the urge to go elsewhere, they turned to their wise woman or shaman, packed their flints and coconuts, and started walking. We do things a little differently these days. We grab our phone and turn to a search engine We’re no longer as surprised as the old …
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No, don’t worry, this isn’t about the economy, or super-capitalism, or climate change. It’s about nature. This is about the excessive growth of trees. Especially olives Olives don’t grow fast, but they make it a point of honor. That’s probably why they stay alive for so long. The oldest olive tree in the world is …
A peaceful Friday, early evening, just after dinner. The boys are like five little sweethearts gaming at the big table: “Look out! He’s behind you! Foda-se! kill him! kill him! … Ah, now I’m dead …!” I’m at my post on the other side of the curtain because on Friday nights there are always guests …
I wake up with a quenched-burnt smell in my nose. Once you’ve smelled it, it’s unmistakable. It was to be expected, yesterday afternoon the whole sky closed up, and you could see such a typical red burning sun. “Ai, this is not a nice veil cloud, like monday, this is completely wrong” I sighed to …
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