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Category Archives: Art
Artists, Saucy Boxes, and Konik Ponies
What do artists, Konik ponies and saucy boxes have in common? Read my blog to find out. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art
Tagged Andro de Jong, Dies Janssen, Els Crum, Karin Bucholtz, Lent, Nijmegen, Open studio, visual arts
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Shifting Horizons
Some of you may know that in the not too distant future, Frank and I are planning a move to Nijmegen in Gelderland. We don’t feel at home any longer in Amsterdam Continue reading
The End of the Dutch Golden Age
A Night in the Museum Only last week I was invited to an evening in the Rijksmuseum by a girlfriend who is a friend of the institution. The event offered a chance to speed-date with various experts dotted around the … Continue reading
This Little Pig Likes to Frolic #Endthecageage #CIWF
Can I Play Outside? I grew up on a smallholding so the welfare of farm animals has always been an important issue to me. I believe farm animals should live without pain and discomfort and be able to fulfil their … Continue reading
Sing for your supper, or is it dinner, or perhaps even tea?
A Dutch student learning English once asked me when British people have their supper. A deceptively-simple sounding question, isn’t it? One which I could have answered simply enough by telling him that supper is a simple snack of a sandwich … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creative writing, Uncategorized
Tagged dinner, England, English class system, English tea time, English traditions, Food, mealtimes, Supper, Teaching English
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First House-sit of 2018!
Our first house-sit of the year looking after dogs; Lilly and Bertie; cats; Thomasina and Purdey, in Walmer, Kent. A few highlights; ‘Beast from the east’ weather meant hunkering down against the elements inside a very cosy house. Warming up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, poetry, travel
Tagged Beast from the east, Deal, Dover, house-sitting, Kent, Sandwich, T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land, Turner Contemporary, Walmer, Walmer Castle
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