The Red Turtle
Terug Film review THE RED TURTLE An animation film by Michael Dudok de Wit When going to see a film one’s own feelings tend to ‘get in the way’, as you are always accompanied by yourself. Although those ‘own feelings’ […]
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The ‘New’ Rijks 1
Back THE ‘NEW’ RIJKS A Personal Tour of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Part One Introduction A Dutchman, I once found myself in a tour bus filled with Chinese tourists, right in the heart of Amsterdam. The Chinese tour guide translated […]
Trump
Back Translation of the original Blog 143. Trump American Donald Trump and our own Dutchman Geert Wilders have at least two things in common: 1) Their hairdos seem to stay aloft artificially. 2) Seeing them in action, one’s own hair […]
Silly
Terug Translation of the original blog (06-29-2016) 138. Silly So, Brexit it is. Silly, or not?As we know, thanks to Monty Python, England is blessed with a Ministry of Silly Walks. So, one would be inclined to say, now they […]
Musical Wine
Terug MUSICAL WINE How long ago has it been, by now? A quarter of a century at least, since I first heard about the influence of music on plant & beast.I remember reading then that plants thrived best on the […]
Cathogs
Terug A MESSAGE from… A CAT Okay, this story isn’t exactly ‘News’. It didn’t happen today. But still, as the Italian shores are approached every day by rickety boats, overloaded with would be immigrants, it hasn’t lost anything of its […]
No dubbing!
Terug At times, one can wish something even while knowing that such a wish will probably never be granted. Possibly just because of that improbability.One such wish I have for Italy. Every New Year I wish that country, where I […]
The Oath
It was probably because he looked cheerful all the same, because he didn’t seem to suffer from it. That was probably the reason why we dared to ask him how he had gotten his name. It has to be said […]
Adagietto
Say ‘Adagietto’ and many people will say: ‘Death in Venice’.
Mosquitoes
Terug MOSQUITOES Low-tech bites back… A simple idea may avoid a lot of scratching (and worse) – BackgroundThis idea came to me as I live both in Italy and in Holland, but it goes without saying that its usefulness extends […]