A FIRST. Voted in an election in a country other than the USofA. Was well informed and the process was simple. The shocker was the ballot box: a standard trash can fitted with a sliding lock on top and the lid secured with a padlock. When I expressed surprised, the nice person monitoring the process …
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It was Hilarious in Dutch
The Dutch word for dog is hond. The Dutch word for seal – the sort found at the ocean- is zee-hond – dog of the sea. Was walking with a friend on the pier that juts into the waterway that opens onto the sea. We had had tea in the sun and were returning, on …
APPLE Store Amsterdam
Tuesday evening 23 February, a man entered the Apple store, wearing an explosives-laced vest and carrying an attack rifle and hand gun. He held the occupants hostage for six hours. He honed in on one particular man and threatened to shot him in the head. In the final scene the hostage-taker ran out of the …
Netherlands had three wind storms in a row!
The three huge storms in a row were devastating. Caused much downed-tree damage. Blew my glasses from my head into the traffic and was nearly impossible to walk against. Case in point:
The Ladle
A reader suggested it would be nice to see the glass ladle referred to in an earlier post. I expressed my surprise at a glass soup ladle and used it happily. Only following the dinner where it was used in the soup tureen, did research reveal it to be a ladle to accompany a glass …
No Loaves, but 10k fishes
The perfect storm. While the ‘wall’ to the ‘harbor’ outside my front door is being upgraded, the birds continue flocking. At the same time, schools of fish managed to rush head long into the canal two streets over and get themselves trapped. The word is that it is 10,000 units. Some folks blame the birds …
Looked Like a National Geo Photo
As I transported this new drying rack on my bike. Dropped it only once. Until I quickly figured out to make a hole in the plastic to carry it like a handle. Did see a couple of concerned faces as I pedaled past.
More Tulips
A Surprise: C Springer
2021 posted a picture of a framed piece of handiwork I bought at my local “emporium’. Last week in preparation for a dinner I was giving at home, returned to the emporium for a soup ladle. Found one made of glass; had never seen such a unique utensil. While there browsed of course and what …
Oma Tulips
My belief is one can never have too many tulips. I will buy from anywhere, and often anywhere is a bucket on the stoop of a front door. This particular stoop had the most inexpensive offering. always in red/white. The hand-written sign high up on the door said that they were for the good of …