>Yesterday was really hard, I had a late night with my girl full of love and delight and I woke up around 8 AM feeling very very tired. In summer I don’t need much sleep but in the grey weather of Amsterdam it is so hard to wake up… so I stayed in bed and…

>I started my diet today. For the next six weeks I will just eat raw. Raw veggies, raw fruit and at night some grains with an apple and some raw nuts.I hope to lose weight and to be healthy.Change of pace, change of path.I am really tired today, had a late night with Rati, wrote…

>Remember my complaint about nobody commenting?Well, several people who read my blog have commented to me in a private way. My friend Lidi said it was hard to comment on something as personal as my ramblings, Sylvie said she didn’t know how to but has found out how now and Lauren also said she reads…

>XAVIERA HOLLANDER GOT MARRIED It is really true:Xaviera Hollander got married.It was a wet and rainy day but she didn’t care.At 9.30 AM in Stadsdeelkantoor Zuid Xaviera Hollander said Yes, I will to Philip de Haan. Only a few intimate friends and a lot of photographers were present to wish the Happy Couple happiness. Xaviera…

>Wishing You a Good Life and a Great 007 I have been trying to upload some of the pictures I took of the incredible fireworks here in my street but it didn’t work and it looked like crap anyway. Oh I see it worked so now you can see for yourself, how it looked like…

>Today I came across this poem. When I was 16 this was hanging on everybody’s toiletdoor. It is still beautiful and wise. Enjoy! Desiderata — written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s —Not “Found in Old St. Paul’s Church”! — Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,and remember what peace there may be in…

>Technorati Profile Fortunate Today I feel so fortunate to be alive.More will follow.Why and things. They hung Saddam. I know he was bad but I thought about him all night. I thought about all the other people that are waiting somewhere in a cell to be killed. China is the number ONE state killer but…

>Gentle Forces It ain’t always easy to write in English, how does one translate: De zachte krachten zullen overwinnen?Gentle forces will prevail? Today I had a long talk with my friend Fred about evil forces, maybe even from out of space, who try to influence people and who will want to conquer the world. In…

>What a lazy day. Was in bed till about four. Slept long and great. But right now I feel as if I am a walrus. I ate so much that I couldn’t eat all day and when I got hungry I ate the rest of yesterday’s greasy left overs and finished them all. So the…

>We survived Christmas. It was TOLL.The party at Xaviera’s was great. She had cooked delicious food for some thirty partygoers and as a big surprise several of the guest were musicians and actors who loved to perform.My own Rati sang four songs with a participating crowd that clapped and sung along.Pauline a dear friend of…