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...
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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
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
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 …
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...
Haircut “met pony”
I got my hair cut a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago (time is kind of nebulous these days). I like having bangs from time to time (also known as fringe to our...
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
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...
Enjoying the Local Currency
We track our spending with accounting software, so doing every purchase via our bank card makes tracking a lot easier. When we first got to the Netherlands, though, we didn’t have a Dutch bank...
Carnivale 2019!
In advance of Easter and Lent season, there was a Carnivale parade in Arnhem on Sunday March 3rd, 2019. We went and captured some photos of the spectacle. There’s a few hours of lead...