In three weeks from now, March 21, the people of The Hague and all other communities of The Netherlands; will be asked to choose their representatives again for their local governments. The big question is however; will people go and vote? Do they trust ‘the system’ and their politicians enough to actually have faith their …
I watched a program last night on Dutch television that brought me to tears. It was about children who get specialized education because they have what is seen as a learning disorder. They either are dyslectic or have problems calculating numbers or in general find it hard to transfer knowledge from paper to their cognitive …
Modern day society is a demanding place to live in with a lot of overwhelming things to choose from. To protect ourselves against stress, nature has provided us with a build in stress defender; an energy pathway that runs through the body and transports the flow of energy. This particular transport system goes by the …
For a number of years now I do my grocery shopping at the Firat, in the Weimarstraat in The Hague. They have lovely vegetables; many of them organic at a fair price and an absolutely fantastic butcher’s shop that also sells home made condiments. What I also love about the shop,is the fact that they …
Can you imagine yourself doing absolutely nothing for 5 full minutes? I thought it would be a nice challenge for you to try out. Especially women seem to suffer from the always-doing-something affliction, scouting things that still need to be done. Men apparently have a nothing box that they can go to with a ‘gone …
A friend of mine who celebrated Christmas in England worded it exactly right. In the text message she sent me around midnight of Christmas day she wrote: “I’m like an enormous beached whale. Finally alone on top of my bed with a scalding hot cup of tea” Then she continued by sending me pictures of …
Did you think about your resolutions for 2018? Stop smoking? Loose 20 kilo? Find a nicer job? Spent more time with your loved-ones? Write that bestseller? A few come to mind easily enough. But does it also happen? Have you reached the required result of a resolution you made at the end of 2016 by …
Call me a romantic, but it is my personal belief that ‘in the old days’, when we were living in tribes; sharing the results of the hunt, weaving baskets with each other for the same purpose; gathering berries and roots to make community meals – we were in a way better off than we are …
With Christmas luring around the corner, pressure is building up again. What are we going to eat? What presents will I buy and get? What am I going to wear? ‘What will we ‘do’ with the parents?’ the latter sounding a bit like the title of a home-alone-type-of-movie, which by the way, we will probably …
I’ve often stated health insurance companies could save themselves a lot of money if they would reimburse relaxation classes, body work and massage therapy. In our go, go, go society we give little credit to the ability to unwind. We might go jogging, or to the gym and even take a yogaclass or two a …
