Monthly Archives: December 2012

No, this is not about a woman called Eve; you have Christmas Eve and New Years Eve so today for me is Move Eve – tomorrow we move house. I feel a little better today but the improvement is more … Continue reading →

Since all my kids are Dutch we celebrate Sinterklaas with gifts and not at Christmas as well. With SinterChristyKerstDag we roll everything into one day; but this year I did get a special seasonal Christmas present – the cold which … Continue reading →

An English accent can get you almost anywhere, in a positive as well as negative sense. In Belfast, where many Irish use to (and maybe still do) hate the Brits, I hardly opened my mouth while I was there. Arriving … Continue reading →

Soon the end of another year and time for some winter philosophy; turn off now if you want. I am becoming happy with the things I am not doing; like joining Facebook! I can end my life one day being … Continue reading →

In the Shelsley days, I became a Wolf Cub; I cannot remember how this started but I do see very clearly the Scout hut in Abberley where we met every week. My dad used to drive me there, together with … Continue reading →

Now, here’s progress for you. I wanted to write something about how computers can follow more or less everything you do which reminded me of Big Brother, the George Orwell creation in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Writing this in 1949 … Continue reading →

Just pretend. You can go back in time and witness what you were doing at any time, as a third party; you see yourself talking and doing things but you are invisible. Maybe this is already a movie by someone; … Continue reading →

I have lived in The Netherlands since June 1979; this is a long time. I am old-fashioned (I admit) and I maintain that where you are born determines your nationality; so I am (still) a UK citizen. This means I … Continue reading →

A few blogs back, I wrote about my (famous) bomber jacket of 40 years ago; Lisa read the blog and immediately became curious. She has just tried it on and it is already in its new home – this is … Continue reading →

Tomorrow it either gets better (the days get longer) or we never have to worry ever again; Armageddon is promised also for tomorrow so, if you want to survive, you are now in Bugarach in France. If you are not … Continue reading →