Escape

Looking for a place to hideaway I suddenly realised I still have this blog. I'll start by altering my profile…sssttt…don’t spread the word

End of the road

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with regret that I have to inform you that this blog has reached the end of the road. After considering all my options I came to the conclusion that it just can’t be done. Two jobs, a family, two blogs and a guestblogger position to keep afloat is just too much of a good thing. There is no turning back. I will keep my Dutch blog because it’s just a little easier to keep it going. There is no turning back for this one though. I will keep on visiting each and everyone of you by adding your blogs to my feedreader.
Thank you for your support, your witty and sweet comments. I really appreciated them.

Out of action

As you can see, I am having a very, very bad cold at the moment. More activity then moving from the bed to the sofa and vice versa is not possible.
It doesn’t seem to be contagious but I’d be careful anyway if I were you.
Mail and such is greatly appreciated though…

A drink with someone from history

If you could have a beer with someone from history, who would it be? Graham asked his readers in general and me in particular. History never really was my favorite subject. In fact I hated the amount we needed to stamp into our heads from an early age. Boring names and dates. They would leave my brain immediately after we had been tested on a certain era.
I spend all weekend thinking about this challenge and I did come up with a few people I would love to sit down and have a drink with

Oscar Wilde would be my first choice. Over a glass of wine I would ask him what possessed him to marry and then coming out of the closet by writing The Picture of Dorian Gray. Its implied homoerotic theme was considered very immoral by the Victorians and he must have known how it would be received.

Sir Francis Drake would probably have a beer with me. To sail to unknown parts of the world being part slave trader, part pirate he must have many a tail to tell. I would love to know what drove him to set sail for the new world.


Marilyn Monroe I would invite for a martini. A women envied by many, loved by even more and died way too young in such a tragic manner . I would love to know if there was more to her then that supposedly dumb blond exterior most people got to see. Of course her alleged affair with John F. Kennedy and how she died would be part of the conversation

Truth or dare

It’s easy to dare me. Ever since I can remember I accepted challenge with open arms and plunged into the deep end without looking. But..I also know when to admit defeat and tell the truth if something is just out of my league. Dale (who is starting to show up here on a regular basis) pushed my button by asking his readers to follow his example and to start pod casting. As much as I hate to admit it, even podcasting for dummies is one pod too deep for me.
I did however manage to record the first episode of self reflections and saved it as MP3
Enjoy

Party!

Come on in,take a seat and have a piece of cake. No,no, don't count the candles. There are to many.

Blog Action Day!

In the seventies I became aware of the perils that threatened our environment . At that time acid rain and ozone depletion was being brought to our attention on a regular basis. I didn’t become active until I settled down and started a family in the mid eighties. Becoming a mom made me want to secure a future for my children and a clean and healthy environment was a priority. I did (and still do) whatever I could to safe energy and to stop wasting water and gas. We got rid of our second car, installed double glazing and made sure our children learned from an early age not to waste water and turn of lights and appliances as soon as they left a room. Even today I still rather take my bike then a bus (even though in Arnhem we have environmental friendly, electric busses) and we use the car only if there is no other option.
I feel that we are heading for disaster and that Im still not doing all that I can. If you see and hear about the melting of the poles, experience the strange weather conditions we seem to have, seasons no longer the way they used to be. It would help if the world leaders, especially the US and China would start giving the environment priority over economic issues.
I would applaud and be active in a new and better organized environmental movement to make our leaders listen, because it might already be too late.