>One of the best things of Het Amsterdamse Bos are the planes. When the wind is East, every ninety seconds one of those noisy machines flies a low flight to land in Schiphol some three kilometers from Het Amsterdamse Bos. We tried to photograph the planes but failed most of the times.Airplane spotting seemed a…

>Amsterdamse Bos. This is the main road. I took this photo in the mini second that there was no car. We crossed the road and got right and straight into Fall.Eekhoorntjesbrood on an old tree. Bread for squirrels is the literary translation, what is in English? Hannie was thirsty and drank from one of the…

>Hi, my name is Midas and I am Aaddiahh’s watch cat. I lay in front of her door and keep all the bad guys out. I have a real nasty meeow and scare all of those crooks away, meeeeowwwwwwwI also protect her sleep. See me sitting under the dream catcher, sometimes that dreamcatchers catches her…

> It was the worst day today. I had a severe allergy attack, my head full with mucus that stops me from having a clear thought, it hurts, I filled up a waste basket full with wet towels. I feel miserable and sick and sad, I am going to sleep now.

> Another Monday and I have not been to the market since you left didn’t see Florance, didn’t eat Pom didn’t drink at Oosterling, didn’t sit at the big tables in Warung Mini didn’t wait for warm appeltaart didn’t find us at Tabitha didn’t park the car didn’t laugh like I do with you  …

>   Today is the Amsterdam Marathon. A Kenian runner won in the time of 2.08.52, his name is Salomon Dubendich.  It was his first Amsterdam Marathon. Usually they would also run here in my neighborhood but this year they didn’t. Here was the turning point of the 10 kilometers. I watched that. When the…

> It was the sweetest day today, sun was out, temperature’s high. People were sitting outside again, drinking their wine or coffee. The kids were playing in the playground again and their mothers talking, again, the endless circle of life. I worked on the first chapter of my manuscript. I  had a deadline and I was…

> This line from a melancholic and mysterious Melanie song has been singing in my head for the last thirty some falls. It’s from a song called Autumn Lady and it has been my companion each time I feel the beauty of Autumn, and today it was the very first time again. A leave on the grey tiles of the pavement filled…

>Living in the Netherlands means we are all wearing costumes, clogs and we all play the accordeon 

> Since about two weeks every morning when I turned on my computer I got a message that my software, Windows XP professional, was counterfeit and  illegal. The message looked all cute and beautiful with flowers but was very disturbing, I bought this computer from some computerguy that had cost me a lot of money…