It was a weekend full of sun and pleasant spring-like temperatures in my corner of the world. Both my partner and I, but also our Skipper, got the spring fever. I simply did not want to go inside anymore.

The world today feels like a pressure cooker that is about to boil over. Threats everywhere, uncertainty everywhere. Where a few years ago we thought that things would slowly get better, it now seems as

Technically it is not a color, at least not in the traditional sense—the purest white results from all colors together, a sum of light. In art and psychology, however, white has a lot to say. White symbolizes

A spring day full of small moments Some days are not particularly spectacular or grand but are valuable because of that. Today was such a day. There were no big adventures, no huge to-do list, but just

Finally! A little bit of spring in the Netherlands! The Promise Of Better Times Today felt like the first time that winter had finally packed its bags and made way for a hint of spring. You know, that

Distractions! While I’m sitting behind my desktop to calculate how much I earned last year via Hive – a task that’s not exactly in my top ten favorite activities – the world around me is conspiring to

You may have noticed that I haven't been blogging very actively lately. Life doesn't always follow a straight line; sometimes you're busy with this and other times with that. Lately, I've been completely

Spring Sneak Peak! Spring seems to be on its way! At least yesterday, we got a sneak preview of what will hopefully be a sunny and warm period. The temperature reached 18 degrees, and although the sun

I wrote about a dying phone in a blog last week, and it kept me busy afterwards. Even if I didn't want it to, it's just a fact that most things in the house decide for themselves when they retire. My phone

How The Hell Can I Find Color In The Gray Netherlands It's that time again. A new photo contest with the theme "Colorful". Beautiful. Colorful. Fantastic. But then I look outside and see... gray.

As Long As Skipper Has His Ball This morning the day started well with a nice walk through the cold woods. Skipper was fine with it, as always. As long as he has his ball with him, the world is a beautiful

Tell Me That I'm Just Dreaming! Wow, what a day to wake up! Just like I fell asleep yesterday evening and realized that I have to make time for a blog today, which unfortunately was already 10 days ago,

Pyrography of your dog Let me take you on a journey, a story that begins with the love for my own dog and ends with a work of art that keeps his memory alive. What you see above is a portrait of Rowan,

Crypto Winter? Ah, that winter in the Netherlands these days. It's dark, gloomy, cold and downright grim, just like the state of crypto this week. And then many people thought that crypto would do better

Yesterday I got a message from my sister, she wanted to let me know what she had shared on Facebook. Because she knew I no longer had a Facebook account, she copied her message and forwarded it to me via

Amid Such a Change If you could make a career change, what would it be and why? This is not a hypothetical question for me, because I am in the midst of such a change. My path has been anything but straight.

Friday again! How quickly a week can sometimes pass, and at other times every minute seems to last an eternity. Today was another typical cold, grey, misty day in the Netherlands. But despite that, there

Winter Sucks. That’s just a fact. I know, we’re not supposed to say it out loud, because then it sounds like we’re ungrateful whiners. But seriously, who ever decided that these cold, dark months had to

Today seemed like a feast day for the sparrows and chickadees in our garden. The invitation? A lavish buffet spread over several feeding stations. I had done my best to make the menu attractive – sunflower

For quite some time now, I have been trying to avoid the daily news as much as possible. Not because I can't handle it anymore, but because there is so much negativity that passes by every day that it