>Yes, this is the Netherlands. Today I was in a traffic jam all the way from Amsterdam to ’s Hertogenbosch. On the way back I saw the same traffic jam but this time without me in it. What a crazy way of transport we have here. Most cars only have one person in it so…

>I have been driving around the Netherlands and taken some pictures but have not really had time to upload them and share my stories with you.But it’s been fun and I will tell you all about it. For now I’d just like to tell you:chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyoand be happy.

>Yesterday as I was hunting in bookstores I found this amazing photograph:Floating stones.I was moved and very impressed with this photograph.At home I looked it up on the Internet and I saw many more amazing photographs of this artist: Martin Hill. I asked him if I could use his photo for my weblog and he…

>Everyone who knows me knows my dog Britta, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that has shared my life since October 1993.She is an old ladydog now, she is getting stiff and her pace is very slow. Since she is deaf and blind sniffing and smelling is her biggest thrill. Our daily walk to Saskia’s petpalace(where…

>Isn’t the universe a most wondrous place? Look at this. It could be a rose, an anemone, or another flower but it is The Cat’s Eye. This Hubble telescope image shows one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen, NGC 6543, nicknamed the “Cat’s Eye Nebula.” Hubble reveals surprisingly intricate structures including concentric gas…

>I am not feeling too great today. Got sick in the middle of the night and woke up with a sore throat,and I have a headache.I have been looking for courage, where can I find that?I found it here on Words of Wisdom by Daisaku Ikeda, the president of SGI, a beautiful site with encouraging…

> One of my favorite Dutch books is Joe Speedboot, written by Tommy Wieringa. As I have made too many reviews in a long gone past I found this one on the Internet: Joe Speedboat (Joe Speedboot) Phenomenally imaginative With his wheelchair-bound spastic narrator, Fransje Hermans, who can only speak in unintelligible grunts, Tommy Wieringa…

>I hope you love to laugh too. I do and so does my dear Rati.

> True Love True love should be transformative, a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Yet, in the end, we can only partner with those befitting ourselves. The same is true of friendship. Only…

> photo taken in my backyard facing west She calls me up:‘Did you see the sky? I just told my boss, my girlfriend must be out taking pictures.’ Girlfriend had been staring at a screensaw nothingbut did now I amgratefulforthe world’s beauty.