On a regular basis, I read books about personal development. The latest is “Living by Design” by Nisandeh Neta. One of the pieces of advice in that book is ‘do new things’. From my own experience, I now know that this is very good advice. I have believed for the last couple of years that … Read more
This picture epitomizes our lifestyle. At least, if it comes to food. This is the fruit snack with which we start the day. And we do this already for years. As far as I can remember from 1991 onwards. In that year we went to the USA for the first time. But there is more … Read more
Ai, another message a package has been sent to us and we still haven’t seen anything. That’s the second or the third one that we know of. A solicitor we spoke yesterday remarked that the Correos is functioning so badly, that a lot of his customers let the important letters be sent to him. His … Read more
This strange-looking stuff is Tibicos, better known as water kefir grains or Japanese water crystals. I got it as a present from Sebastian. The stuff grows if you take good care of it, and you’re more or less supposed to pass it on to others once you have too much. And why would anyone take … Read more
They say you only practice hard enough if you are sweating. Well, sweating we are. Strangely enough, I sweat more nowadays than Tom does. In the Netherlands, I hardly sweated at all. It’s not just the temperatures though, but also the fact that we change our practice a lot. At times we walk longer distances … Read more
This a hive, not a beehive, but a hive for wasps. In Spain, wasps are called avispas. The wasps in the picture look different from those that visit the pool. The ‘pool wasps’ are bigger and have tails. Bees and wasps have important functions in nature. They eat other less useful animals and inseminate flowers … Read more
This is gazpacho, a typical Spanish cold soup. It’s from Don Simon, a well-known brand in Spain. This gazpacho is ecological, most products of Don Simon are not. So we are lucky. This gazpacho is one of the few we really like. Of course, because it’s ecológico. But also because it contains only a little … Read more
Probably as most people do, we mostly shower in the morning. Unless we have an appointment in the early evening as we had today. Then we rather shower right before the appointment to wash off the sweat of the day. And we keep forgetting that after 10, 11 a.m. there hardly is any pressure on … Read more
‘Shopping’. I love it. According to my friends, I am the only male person who loves ‘shopping’. That is, I love looking around in shops. I don’t buy anything. Not because I don’t want to, but because I shouldn’t know what to buy. Not that I have everything, but because I don’t want everything. Okay, … Read more
We sometimes complain it’s too busy at the moment (as if we would be the only ones entitled to the beach and the sea), but because of the summer, it’s also very lively. There are all kinds of activities. Today we encountered a big group of women mimicking a handsome man in the front. They … Read more