Where was I?

O.k o.k o.k, who am I kiddin’! Summer is long gone and I still have not posted!

What we should try and remember here is that bloggers are just people. And specially female bloggers are just that, the female gender. Women generally tend to socialize and talk and connect just a tiny bit more than their male counterparts. Especially in the Summer months. And this particular Summer was particularly kind with us in the Lowlands, it actually lasted longer than 2 weeks, even longer than 2 months. I truly believe that those who have something to share also need to be out and about, sampling whatever Motherearth chooses to lay before us. So returning from Paris, London, Berlin, Brittany and last but not least Beirut, I am back full of inspiration! That said, I apologies and hereby would like to commit again to thy blogsphere. I AM BACK!

Black & White

Black is the colour of all emotions, strong and pure, mighty and explosive. It holds the truth but also the anger, the hate and the fury, the sanguine outburst of human expression, the blue, red, and greens, all disappear into one tense texture of black.

White is the colour of purity, love and belief. It represents naivety combined with hope and trust, it casts a spell on the betwitched to turn to the light. White is beautiful as well as blinding. White is the unity of all colours within that make the complete.

Grey is in-between.

Grey is the murky, undefined and unreliable.

Grey is human.

And we are all three.

Goat industry

Drastic times call for drastic measures. During my roadtrip, whilst on Terschelling, saw how farmers saved on fuel usage. Take a goat to replace the lawnmower. Portable home is included in price. Love it!

Great balls of fire!

Just for the memory and the brilliance (orig. from French briller, meaning to shine) of last night. 

Last night's lightning over Amsterdam came super close to a memorable experience!!

It actually shun so light, I am now terribly tired, need to catch up on sleep!

A shared future.

This time I am going to shut up and let Eve Ensler (known from Virgina Monologues) do the talking.

I invite you to listen to this inspirational talk. Click on Eve.

Favourite quotes

1/ These people, in the spirit of the warrior, have gone into the center,  the heart of pain, of loss, they have grieved it, they have dived into it, and allowed and encouraged poison to turn into medicin, they have used the fuel of their pain to begin to redirect that energy towards another mission.

2/ We are essentially prominently displaced people. All of us are refugees. We come from somewhere, and we are hopefully traveling all the time towards a new place. Freedom means I may not be identified as one group, I can visit and find myself in every group. In the shared future it will be just that, shared. the end goal becoming vulnerable, realising the place of our connection to one another, rather than being secure, in control and alone.

Road trip

Mother daughter road trip planned for the next four days. Apologies in advance for lack of postings. I shall be back!

Disappointed runners

Received the news today that my application for the NY marathon was denied. Unfortunately I was not selected in the random international lottery drawing for 2009.

The NY marathon being one of the most popular marathons, I foresee many disappointed runners on the road and in the parks today. Now, is this not an opportunity for some sporting brands to I create some kind of brand experience to catch us  consumers when we are feeling so low? At the very least, shall all the non-selected runners meet at one pub tonight and share some drinks? Dressed in your running gear obviously :)