Be afraid, be very afraid...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Books to remember
Some books stay with you for life. Funny ones, sad ones, moving ones or stories just so silly that they leave an indelible imprint in your mind for the rest of your life. I have a whole list of books which have become intimate friends across the years, which I read, re-read and re-examine from time to time.
When I was at primary school, one of the books which we were read from was "Blinky Bill", a book written in the 1930's by Dorothy Wall of which I have an original copy here at home. It is a special book for me, a story about a little koala bear who could be as adventurous and as naughty as children might be, but displaying a heart of gold at all the right moments.
Today, surfing around at an odd moment and on a silly hunch, I came across the Project Gutenberg rendition of the book I love so much. I'd like to dedicate this post to all people who are still children at heart, those who have children themselves and those who enjoy reading for its own sake, but especially to Ange who is in need of comfort, companionship and a good laugh at the moment...
Take a look here, Blinky Bill online...
Keep well, read well and be good for yourselves and for your children...
When I was at primary school, one of the books which we were read from was "Blinky Bill", a book written in the 1930's by Dorothy Wall of which I have an original copy here at home. It is a special book for me, a story about a little koala bear who could be as adventurous and as naughty as children might be, but displaying a heart of gold at all the right moments.
Today, surfing around at an odd moment and on a silly hunch, I came across the Project Gutenberg rendition of the book I love so much. I'd like to dedicate this post to all people who are still children at heart, those who have children themselves and those who enjoy reading for its own sake, but especially to Ange who is in need of comfort, companionship and a good laugh at the moment...
Keep well, read well and be good for yourselves and for your children...
Monday, November 20, 2006
Extreme sports (4)
Variations on a theme...
See also:
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Extreme sports (2)
Extreme sports (1)
Extreme sports
Friday, November 17, 2006
Fluid forms
Part of an assignment to be made today...
Images used for business cards, for one of the local photographers.
Femininity in an aethereal water world.
Floating and free, actions, reactions and interactions...
Dreams within dreams, memories of the other world fading...
Images used for business cards, for one of the local photographers.
Femininity in an aethereal water world.
Floating and free, actions, reactions and interactions...
Dreams within dreams, memories of the other world fading...
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Voice from the void
For reasons known only to itself, the server on which my website and my blog reside has been extraordinarily difficult the last few weeks. The first symptoms some time ago were an occasional inability to publish my blog, after a short while it became more and more difficult to do what I'd like to do and since last week there has been a total refusal to co-operate in any sensible form or fashion.
It sucks. It appears that the server doesn't accept certain types of file transfers, amongst other those generated by Blogger which I use to publish my blog directly onto my own website. This evening I attempted a republish of a post I wrote on Monday, which thankfully worked for the first time in days hence this hurried and hopefully succesful attempt to explain the silence of the last week or two...
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end and not merely the end of the beginning...
Keep well...
It sucks. It appears that the server doesn't accept certain types of file transfers, amongst other those generated by Blogger which I use to publish my blog directly onto my own website. This evening I attempted a republish of a post I wrote on Monday, which thankfully worked for the first time in days hence this hurried and hopefully succesful attempt to explain the silence of the last week or two...
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end and not merely the end of the beginning...
Keep well...
Monday, November 13, 2006
Mental meandering
How much of one's own life is truely one's own, and how much belongs to the people around us, those we care about and care for?
We need each other for support, for recognition and for companionship and yet we need to reconcile the need to be ourselves with the need to be part of a larger group.
Probably much of the turmoil going on in modern society is the conflict between these two modes of existence, the personal and the social which demand attention in different ways... being totally ourselves excludes ourselves from the group results in alienation and despair, submerging oneself into the group denies personal identity and self-respect...
A relationship is a small-scale reflection of the same phenomenon... partners needing to be themselves yet recognising the bonds of commitment and respect. The need for self-expression and self-realisation is just as great as the need to compromise and attempting to see the points of view of the "significant other".
Finding the balance can be painful, leaving behind much one depended upon and trusting the veracity of the others affections... love can be blind, but an inability to see allows disaster to rear its ugly head...
Badly introspective this evening... just hope my webhost is accomodating enough this evening to allow me to publish this...
Keep well..
We need each other for support, for recognition and for companionship and yet we need to reconcile the need to be ourselves with the need to be part of a larger group.
Probably much of the turmoil going on in modern society is the conflict between these two modes of existence, the personal and the social which demand attention in different ways... being totally ourselves excludes ourselves from the group results in alienation and despair, submerging oneself into the group denies personal identity and self-respect...
A relationship is a small-scale reflection of the same phenomenon... partners needing to be themselves yet recognising the bonds of commitment and respect. The need for self-expression and self-realisation is just as great as the need to compromise and attempting to see the points of view of the "significant other".
Finding the balance can be painful, leaving behind much one depended upon and trusting the veracity of the others affections... love can be blind, but an inability to see allows disaster to rear its ugly head...
Badly introspective this evening... just hope my webhost is accomodating enough this evening to allow me to publish this...
Keep well..
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
The Socialist Party... partied..
Last Sunday (November 5th) the Dutch Socialist Party created a moment to remember for all members who deigned to be present... (hint, click on the images for an enlargement)
Good music, good company...
... well known faces and some new ones...
...a kind of improvised "meet and greet" with the leading members of the party...
...a natural approach...
...and lots of enthusiastic members...
A day to be remembered... keep well...
Good music, good company...
... well known faces and some new ones...
...a kind of improvised "meet and greet" with the leading members of the party...
...a natural approach...
...and lots of enthusiastic members...
A day to be remembered... keep well...
Friday, November 03, 2006
Halloween in retrospect
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Where do you live?
Last year in November
Made close to where I live. A little late perhaps (or early), but better late than never :P
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