Somewhere last week I was chatting with Rob. One a certain moment the conversation turned to chocolate. Rob, as so many others, loves chocolate. And that includes me as well. You can wake me up in the middle of the night for good chocolate. He asked me if I knew if the statement that “chocolate…
Author: Miranda
Living happily together with Jennifer. Cooking. Recipes. Whisky. Volleyball.
Gary Moore
Music! Yes, it is important to me! This week on an evening Rob and I were discussing on Skype the best guitar players we knew. Many famous names were mentioned. Great memories of great guitar solo’s…. And then Rob mentioned one name: Gary Moore! Awesome songs as “Empty Rooms”, “Still got the Blues”, “Always gonna…
The Mamas and The Papas
This morning I was listening to the radio while helping Jennifer to clean our house. And suddenly there was this song….. “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas and The Pappas. I have to be honest, I really like this style of music. It made me walk up to our media set. I turned off the radio…
The new madness on sayings about animals…
Really, this has to stop… That people are not happy with “Zwarte Piet” (Black Pete), I can understand in a way (I say understand, not agree!). “Zwarte Piet” is often displayed as a clumsy, no too clever person. And quite as a stereotype. So yes, I can understand that people don’t like that. But…
The small wonders of Lesvos
That Lesvos is an island that has so many faces to show may be known by now. I mean from the olive and pine trees to the emptiness of the west. It is so nice that you can wander around, make a turn and see something completely unexpected. And that is what happened today again….
“Zoethout” (licorice root)
Tomorrow my niece and her two children will be visiting us. So I thought to go and buy some candy for the kids, but I didn’t want to get the standard super sweet sugar rich stuff. So I made a little trip to Enschede to see if I could find something nice for them. And…
“Buy a cow” (koopeenkoe.nl)
Last weekend Rob and I chatted through Skype.and the conversation turned to meat. Don’t be scared, this article will not be about vegetarianism. Not that anything is wrong with that, but Rob and I both can appreciate some good meat. But having said that we both also care about the well being of the animals….
About black olives…
Last week Jennifer and I had a visitor that stayed for dinner. Our quest enjoyed the dinner very much, but there was one thing she had a remark about: The olives that I served with the dinner! According her these olives weren’t of the best quality. As she always had these shiny uniform coloured black…
Wonderful insults
While browsing the internet I ran into an awesome list of wonderful insults that people used in the past. I have to admit that I really like them. And I am serious when I say that I am planning to memorize them and use them whenever the situation is right for it. Enjoy. Gobermouch: This…
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…