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Exercises in Learning Dutch #2
I wonder if my teachers will decide that it isn’t such a good idea to ask an aspiring author to write a short piece of “freeform text” about a given subject, in this case, a restaurant. This time, I wasn’t … Continue reading
Exercises in Learning Dutch #1
The first “free composition” exercise in my intensive Dutch learning course, so I had to write a short essay “In het cafĂ©”. Not easy to write anything well in just ten minutes or so, but inspired by the coffee I’d … Continue reading
33 Years – That’s an LP in “Old Money”
Today marks 33 years since one of the most significant decisions that I ever made. On the 5th February 1990, waking up after a weekend of excessive consumption, and struggling to get myself ready for a new week in work, … Continue reading
Confronting our Demons
Confronting our own inner demons is the hardest battle we ever have to face, especially when they’re so deep-rooted after so many years: filling in the holes that each leaves behind with hope, because that’s all that I have at … Continue reading
An Attempt at Poetry
It’s been nearly two months since my last post, two months trying to pull myself out from the state that I’d got myself into. 2020 isn’t a forgiving year, and I’m hurting myself and others with the darkness that I’ve … Continue reading
Fear and Self-Loathing in Amsterdam
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I … Continue reading
A Year in Retrospect
At New Year, many people write a retrospective of the old year, and about their hopes and dreams for the new. The roots for my own changes over the last year really lie earlier: 2017 was the year when a … Continue reading