• Moments of peace and having a little fun

    Maybe it is my pre-carnival mood. The diamond grid. It reminds me of Italian commedia dell’arte. Carnival Venice style. Puppets, masks, the mysterious eyes behind.…

  • Visiting a young French bakery in Amsterdam

    In the early days of January, I had a little French adventure in Amsterdam. I am not French, but I do feel related to them,…

  • Dreaming of New York

    Recently, my wonderful Brazilian friend gave me Monsieur Big mascara for my birthday. It came in a black and stiletto pink carton box, Sex and…

  • Cooking for life

    I haven’t told you yet about a friend of mine, a beautiful lady, happy, light, colourful. She has lived a life full of beautiful people…

  • My next journey

    I had grown tired, so tired in fact that my back didn’t function any more. At all. I was familiar with my back problems and…

  • Porridge Paradise: London style

    I had forgotten about oats. That is, not really forgotten. I had just not thought about them for some time now. Summer had arrived–oats can…

  • City Life: the London edition

    I find city life so beautiful. There is such style to it, such vibrancy. The buzz of a metropolis. Never mind the dirt, the pollution,…

  • Morning rituals

    Rekindling an appetite for life My body started to feel thin, worn out. In a wish to learn something new, I had gone through all…

  • Seeing PAUL and Starbucks

    The first time I met Paul was in London. I’m not sure, whether it was right after I arrived at King’s Cross that we ran…

  • To my home and adventure

    There it was, in an upper corner stuck to the inside of the window of the bus, just above the entrance door and a collection…