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Video – Yarn Shop (Breikunst) Interview

Living Abroad

Video – Yarn Shop (Breikunst) Interview

This spring I spent a lovely afternoon interviewing the owner of Breikunst, a yarn shop in Arnhem. I remember from my theater training, “Show, don’t tell!”, so I always endeavor to show you interesting...

Video – Yarn Shop (Breikunst) Interview

Living Abroad

Video – Yarn Shop (Breikunst) Interview

This spring I spent a lovely afternoon interviewing the owner of Breikunst, a yarn shop in Arnhem. I remember from my theater training, “Show, don’t tell!”, so I always endeavor to show you interesting...

Video – Plus 1, Minus 2

Living Abroad

Video – Plus 1, Minus 2

YouTube channels Not Just Bikes and Shifter recently played a game of Plus 1 Minus 2, comparing bicycle trips from “downtown” to a hardware store in their respective towns of Calgary, Canada and Amsterdam,...

Casual Chats

Living Abroad

Casual Chats

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. It’s strange how I feel like I’m both moving in slow motion while also watching time go by quickly. The dichotomy of doing little and accomplishing...

… 2021

Living Abroad

… 2021

As we closed out 2020, my thoughts drifted into the coming year. 2020 was a strange year and I’m keen to leave a lot of it behind. It wasn’t all bad though, and I’m...

2020 …

Living Abroad

2020 …

It has been quite the unusual year. I feel like I should recap a little bit for anyone looking back from the future and thinking, ah now, it wasn’t that bad was it? The...

Vandaag is het zatergag

Living Abroad / Travel

Stay Safe, Be Kind

It’s Wednesday at 7 pm and the church bells are ringing. I’m used to them ringing for either something to celebrate (royal wedding) or something serious has happened (royal death), so I was a...

Consistently Inconsistent

Living Abroad

Consistently Inconsistent

One thing that I’ve figured out about myself is that I am inconsistent with my habits. I can do something for a while, but eventually the habit breaks. With this website, I want to...

Event Planner’s Haiku

Events / Quick Thoughts / Travel

Event Planner’s Haiku

A friend of mine encourages people to make 5-7-5 haiku’s on Wednesdays. I decided to join in with my current life events. body is fatigued months of work on fun events not so fun...

We May Be A Little Tired

Quick Thoughts

We May Be A Little Tired

After two months of travel, we’re finally home. We’ve slept in our bed a few times, but I may still be a little tired. I mean, I kind of know that, but I just...