To begin with – the text below is not my brainchild. I was looking up ‘mensch’ on wiki for a dear friend’s obituary and found this compilation of thoughts that speaks from the depth of my heart. So I am pinching it – source cited at the bottom of the entry – hoping that the [...]
In the spring of 2007 my life was touched by an angel and I didn’t even know it.
At that time, we had just moved under not the happiest of circumstances and my brain was still clogged up with mourning: my relationship, my old house, my happy self and my happy hopes. I was desperately trying [...]
Last weekend I attended a much needed 24 hour retreat…here, in The Hague. The focus of the speaker was on The Passion in Hymns, throughout the centuries; from the writings of the early church fathers to the present.
For someone raised in a theologically knowledgeable family, hymns go with the service as eggs go with meringue…I [...]
This is a very belated entry on the occasion of Blog Action Day. Thank you, Suzy (www.wbii.net), for pushing !
In the 80ies, Copsa Mica in Transylvania was one of the most polluted cities in Europe, due to a local factory that produced negru de fum – soot ! The entire city was black, from the [...]
Prevent Swine Flu – Some Good Advice
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat.
In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, [...]
Enlightened Europeans gather, celebrate, commemorate, debate, update….fair enough, it would be wrong not to do so. Yesterday: Rememberance Sunday – saw state-of-the-art BBC documentaries on bravery, patriotism and supreme sacrifice. Today: Twenty years since the fall of the Wall in Berlin. Gorbatchev is older, Lech Walensa is older, Voityla is gone and it is politically correct to say no to [...]
A VIM – very important man – in my life can not speak, write, read or move. He is weary of being the bundle he has always feared to become. Even in this state, he keeps pushing my buttons…or is it me who reacts, even now, when the claims are actually on mute ?
A VIP [...]