I heard that Rob was down with the flu. I talked with him a little on the phone. He is really feeling awful…. fever, headaches, hurting lungs, body aches and very tired. It seems to be going around at his work and not only there. Flu, is such a common disease, but what is it…
Month: November 2016
Blame it on the moon
Our guests have left again. It was a wonderful weekend. Rob and I were just talking a bit and somehow the conversation ended up at the time Rob and I discovered our mutual feelings. And I have to be honest, at first I was not ready for those feelings. I was doing fine on my…
Beautiful flowers again this weekend.
Also this weekend bought a wonderful bouquet flowers again. It is amazing how every weekend there is a nice bouquet on his dinner table again. This is so far a nice weekend. Sanne, Marissa and Richard are visiting us. Jennifer and Miranda also wanted to come, but Jennifer should still keep rest with her knee….
A Fellowship of Friends
It seems that everyone agrees and “A Fellowship of Friends” will be the new name of the blog. Kudos to Mel and Marissa. Well done! A nice step forward in the new structure of this weblog with multiple authors. The “About Us”-page of The Fellowship of Friends. With this please the request to the authors…
Vitamin C – the hoax
Yesterday I was at a drug store to buy a small present for Jennifer, when I heard the cashier tell someone that she had to take lots of vitamin C, because that will heal her cold. That statement is not correct. But when you believe the advertisements on TV and in the magazines you have…
Lesvos and Erdogan
Yesterday evening Mel (our friend from Lesvos), Marion, Sanne, Rob and I had a very long chat on Skype. On a certain moment the conversation ended up with Turkey and its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mel told us that there always has been a certain of distrust between the Turkish people and the people of…
Weblog 666 :-)
This morning I noticed by coincidence that there were exactly 666 articles posted on my web-log. And that is a reason enough for a new article! Since 2007 666 articles and 1295 comments. Not bad at all, I would say. Specially when you consider that there have been times of low activity here on my…
Entrecôte (or porterhouse steak)
I think everyone had those moments that you want to do something, but you just don’t get the time for it to do it… It has been extremely busy at work and privately is not much different for me. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining. But there was this one thing I really…
Some people noticed that I haven’t posted anything for some time on Facebook. And that is correct, I basically stopped using Facebook. Main reason for this that Facebook becomes more and more a privacy thread. If not by Facebook self, then it is by people with bad intentions. For the second time now in the…
“Heemskring”
This week I found the “Heemskring” in my postbox. The “Heemskring” is the magazine of the “Historische Kring Heemskerk” (Historical Circle Heemskerk). I am getting this magazine because I am member of this society (obviously!). Now one can wonder why someone, who is just living for a few years in Heemskerk, is member of such…