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> You are The Magician Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity. Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing, you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive. The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking…

> Many moons ago I was an aspiring poet I performed all over the Netherlands Together with Marianne Stel and Desiree ‘Dees’ van Dijk (RIP) in Drieklank(triad) Poezie (poetry) making music and poetry and making people happy. Our biggest hit was: Er zit een bom in de brievenbusvoor jou ratata

> For a short while he was the most beautiful woman in my life: Lavinia Coop. I saw him in the Melkweg in Amsterdam at the hilarious show Lust in Space. Done by the Bloolips. 1980 A loose collective of performers, Bloolips hijacked the earnestness of 1970s gay theatre and turned it into a mad,…

> From The Sunday TimesOctober 14, 2007 My love, I cannot live without you French philosopher Andre Gorz wrote his terminally ill wife a moving letter before their joint suicide last month. Here we publish it in Britain for the first time Image :1 of 2 Click here to sign-up to receive love letters written by…

> Don’t remember if this was very early on New Years Day.Yes, I do remember, it was.At 12, Midnight, Rati and me drank from our water andcongratulated each other on 2008.It is going to be great.This is my table.And I really like this shot. Best wishes for 2008.

>Oliebollen & Appelflappen In the Netherlands we eat Oliebollen & Appelflappen at New Years Eve. (we call it old years evening) Oliebollen became donuts in the States, you put a hole in them but here it is batter with raisins deepfried. Appelflappen is dough with apple and sugar. I love appelflappen.In Amsterdam there are many…

> In 2007 my favorite cup broke. Xaviera bought it back from Scotland where she visited the fringe festival some seven years ago. Daily I drank my coffee from it, till Britta hit the table it was on and it broke in many pieces. Xaviera says Philip will fix it. And that she now knows…

> Last week Rati & me were at the Pink Filmdays and saw some great films. We were both impressed by the film Stretch, risk or die French Drag King Océan LeRoy has been a celebrity in Berlin’s transgender scene for years. Famous for his performances of quick transition from woman to man, Océan also…

> I am sad and shocked that this woman got killed. Why? Why have no respect for life?