As a lesbian woman I am very concerned about things I currently see happening in the United States and then specially the things around the LGBT community. I may not understand everything completely and I do not understand the political system of the United Stated as whole, but all the news I read and hear…
Month: December 2016
A look at Second Life
Second Life is an online virtual world where people can meet each other and create their own content. It has already been around since 2003. I never had a look at it. This most likely because of the comments that I heard from Rob about it. On one side he was amazed about the possibilities…
Ancient Greece and America
As we all know it is often said that Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer, discovered America, which is a bit weird to claim as there were already living humans, so it was already discovered. Anyway this must have happened somewhere around 1490. It is also said that Leif Erikson, a explorer from Iceland, travelled to…
Paprika powder from Hungary
Everybody likes it to get presents (at least I think so). And so today I was happy when I got those two nice little bags with paprika powder as present. Let start with some nice to know information of the paprika: Paprika powder is made of the fruit of the “Capsicum annuum”-plant. In some countries…
Suske and Wiske 337: Game of Drones
And then there is a new comic book of Suske and Wiske” (or Spike and Suzy as they are called in English) again. This comic book has the catching name “Game of Drones” and I think that everyone will see where this title is taken from (“Game of Thrones”, for those that didn’t know). This…
I am ready for skating!
It seems that this is the coldest November that we have since 20 years. And yes, this evening on my bicycle from my work to home I felt freezing cold. At home I turned the heating a bit up and the warmth spread through my room I started the feel comfortable again. Then I realized…
Heretic Christmas
Although “tradition” seems to proclaim that you should not decorate your house for Christmas while “Sinterklaas” (which is celebrated in The Netherlands among other countries) is still in the country, we will start with the Christmas decoration this weekend. I know that I have talked before about Christmas and its origin, but it is something…
Lesvos, the Green Island
(Click on the image to zoom in) When Marion and Rob invited me to write here on their weblog I was honoured as it shows the friendship that we have built together. When they asked me if I would be willing to write here some articles about Lesvos, the island where I was born and…