The 11th Day of the 11th Month is the unveiling of the City’s Prince of the Carnival. He presides over all the celebrations of excess until the first day of Lent. Rather makes Lent worth it. This is a much lauded celebration in the Southern-part-of-the-country, but many in the northern regions join in as well. …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
Surprise!
Saw these scissors in the kitchen draw of a friend this summer. Wow, thought I, how clever scissors in the absence of a shredder, these are the tool to have to cut up and dispose of sensitive papers. So I purchased these and brought them with me here. My first day back, was in a …
My Two Favorite Cartoons
This Fall season. I really laughed at both. Have to share again!
Convoluted History
5th of December is a major event here. It is when the Old Greek bishop of a place now in Turkey, sails into Holland’s waters to bring gifts to all children. In the Dutch story, the bishop was living in Spain and had as helpers, Moorish children. He boards a ship, with his helpers, his …
More Potatoes
This is the dry section of potatoes, where you can read on the outside of the bag, the kind of potato, the uses for the potato, whether it cooks fast or slow, whether it crumbles or stays in one piece. No simple story here.
Potatoes
This is the refrigerated section of the super market selling potatoes ready to cook. And you thought there was only a choice between baking and ? There are styles, types and uses.
The Main Attraction
When not being worn as a brooch, this was stuck in its own little vase to keep it constantly on show.
The Hermitage
In Amsterdam a series of old buildings with courtyard have been converted into an auxiliary of the Hermitage Museum in St Pietersburg, Russia. Every exhibit is worth a visit, although I expect them each time to be more opulent. The present exhibit is about the jewels. As stated I expected more opulence, but then today …
Important Painting to the Conservative Religious Community
Decades Later
Went to the exhibit at the Museum with a young friend, not knowing what to expect. The exhibit describes communities in the middle of the Netherlands that are conservative. The exhibit intended to illustrate the physical location are and their life-style. What was most interesting to me- the visual was the way most of Holland …