Night of poetry

It’s the night of poetry. How long ago it was I went to see and hear the famous poets of the time, I don’t know. Interesting is that I’m still here, writing my things, and many of them are leaning back in the chairs and have forgotten about the poets they once were. Tonight it’s [...]

Bags. I love them. And you?

I love bags, and I always have one with me. In a very small one I’ve put my passport, meds and lipcare and such. Whenever I leave the house I either take that small bag, or throw it in a larger one. A while ago I bought a bag for my smallpipes (small bagpipes) from [...]

Alexander Orlow and art

I doubt whether you’ve heard his name before: Alexander Orlow. He died at the age of 91 in Switzerland. He was best known as an art collector in the sixties and seventies. He considered art something that shouldn’t be hidden in safety rooms and dark bank compartments. So he decided to hang paintings and other [...]

Stars and lies

remember the girl who told the media she only wanted a few stars tattood in her face and ended up with 56 stars? She said she didn’t realise there were more because she fell asleep? Well, I didn’t belief her in the first place and I was right. She lied about it all. (Because she [...]

My bag arrived

A while ago I started to save some money from writing some posts and I bought a hobo bag from Karen. ::here:: I had a hard time choosing, because there were 2 bags I really liked to have. The one that is now here and this one. I’ve chosen the one I can take best [...]

recession and loss of architecture

Post office Nijmegen The result of economical changes of the last years, mergers and the recession, as well as the growth of internet is that the world around us changes beyond the way we want it to change. Post office Nijmegen Many family members worked for the national post, telephone and telegraph business. I myself [...]