He was born on 11 April 1927 in Amsterdam. In 1997, he passed away when he was 70 years old… My father. So yes, today would have been his birthday. Like everyone, there were good times and bad moments in his life. Thankfully, we tend to forget about the bad times and remember the good…
Author: Rob
Sharing joyfully my life with Marion. Gaming. Cooking. Whisky. Greece/Lesbos. Photography. Computers. SF & Fantasy.
Binke & Boukje
Recently, I have talked to people quite often about dogs. Don’t know why, it just happened like that.And yesterday, I took a small walk. Yes, with my crutch around the building where I live. I need fresh air every day! Then, quite unexpectedly, a young dog came up around a corner of the building. Black…
When boredom strikes
Yesterday, I was bored. Last Friday, I sprained an ankle. I slipped off the stairs. If the virus was not enough to limit myself. I remembered I had a jigsaw puzzle I had recently purchased. I’ve never been able to push myself to work on it, but now I could! A scenery of Amsterdam at…
About that “Not reviewed” category (and an update to the blog)
Our blog was the last period a bit quiet and what was written was posted as private (so only visible to registered members with proper permissions). But I am glad that it is once again more active, also for public articles (readable by all). Both Marissa as Miranda told me that they are working on…
Almost working a year from home…
I just saw a draft post here on my blog where I mention that we are already working more as a month from home. That was written in April 2020. It is now February 2021. Apart for some weeks that we went one day per week back to the office, it’s now almost a year…
Holland SF
This week the latest issue of the Holland SF magazine was placed in my mailbox (real mail, no email :P). It is issue 271, year 51, 2020/3. It is always very nice to read this magazine. Holland SF is the Magazine of the NCSF, Nederlands Contactcentrum voor Science Fiction (Dutch Science Fiction Society). This society…
“Griesmeelpudding” (Semolina pudding)
I think that it is well known that I love to cook and try often new things. I am always interested in recipes from different parts of the world. But some times it is nice to look a little bit closer to home.Some days ago I was doing in the local supermarket and there I…
Schiermonnikoog
Luckily, after the cancelled holidays of this year, there was finally some time away for us. Not aboard, but to the island of Schiermonnikoog. Schiermonnikoog is one the islands north of the Dutch mainland. It is the smallest inhabited island of our country. There are living around 950 persons.“Oog” is another word for island, “Schier”…
As it seems, no holidays abroad this year…
Well, it seems definitive now: No holidays abroad this year. Both holidays that we had planned were cancelled. And yes, both cancellations are related to the Corona-virus…. We had two holidays planned for this year… A week to the city of Prague, the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic.And 3 weeks, as every…
Conspiracy theories
In this strange time that the world is captured by the Covid-19 virus, it seems that a certain group of people is more open to so called conspiracy theories.I wonder why. Maybe people are scared or they cannot follow what all is happening and want a for them to understand answer. That the G5 network…