Rob and I were drinking our first coffee of the day, when we heard the sirens of the fire brigade. This happens more often, so we weren’t really worried.But the sound of the sirens grew stronger… Then Rob said, “Those cars pulled up right next to our building!” Rob asked me to get dressed and…
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…
Sallandse Heuvelrug
Begin this month we stayed a long weekend in a hotel on the “Sallandse Heuvelrug”. A perfect way to get away from everything for a little. The “Sallandse Heuvelrug” is not very far away from the area we both grew up and so we both have been here before. With the current Covid-19 situation were…
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”…
New style of music
We should be right now around 3000 kilometers more to the south, on our beloved Lesvos. Well, as already mentioned here on our weblog, due the Covid-19 situation our holiday was cancelled. Even more, we are here in The Netherlands separated as we are waiting for the result of a Corona test on someone one…
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…
About strawberries…
I think it will be no surprise that strawberries are very healthy and have quite some benefits. They are a very good source of vitamin C and manganese, but also contain vitamin B9 and potassium.Further more they contain antioxidants and compounds that are beneficial for the heart and blood sugar level. But when I was…
I really don’t understand this
Sorry, but I really don’t understand this… Of course, I do understand that it is hard for people to keep to the measures that are set to fight the Corona-virus.It is awful to have to keep distance to people you know well and care about. And that it is not allowed to visit all kinds…