To Vote or Not to Vote? That is the Question
Earlier this month, for the first time in my newly adopted country, I voted in the local elections and it felt good. I shop locally and support local business. I pay my taxes to the Dutch government.
What had started as a lockdown necessity, morphed into a monthly ritual!
My life changed, and the question of who would cut my husband’s hair became foremost in everyone’s mind…
It’s a little windy up here tonight!
This week has been rather unique in that not one, but two storms have passed over the Netherlands: Storm Dudley (pronounced with a strong Birmingham accent as one friend commented) and Storm Eunice
Finding the Discipline to Write Each and Every Day
Finding the inspiration to write is the easy bit: finding the discipline to publish is a little more difficult! I am sure like me, you have read numerous articles sharing experiences and advice
Stay Close, The New Netflix Thriller
This is British television and production at its best and it is a joy to watch. I cannot recommend this series enough.
The Unforgivable: An exploration of a mother’s love
There are few films in our life which touch our very core. This is one, and all involved should be hugely congratulated. The Unforgivable is a triumph!
Back Pain: The Modern Scourge!
How Yoga with Adriene cured my back pain, and improved the quality of life for so many other devoted followers, so say GQ and Ross Edgley. Some four years ago, I experienced…
Something Better Change
Could Cycling be the Answer? Now, without sounding too much like the Stranglers and their 1977 hit Something Better Change, after moving to the Netherlands, some things have had to change.…
The Power of Music to Move the Soul
As I stand here in my Dutch kitchen in the sky, I have been reduced to tears, and not for the first time. In my vain attempt to stay in…
The Joy of Starting Anew: My New Life in Enschede
It is now over a year since my family and I moved to Enschede in East Netherlands and started our new life in the Dutch kitchen in the sky, and…