I’d forgotten how fierce a February snowstorm could be.
Well, Amsterdam reminded me yesterday.
[Read more…]I’d forgotten how fierce a February snowstorm could be.
Well, Amsterdam reminded me yesterday.
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So Autumn is here. Taking an early morning walk, I was reminded of this stanza:.
[Read more…]The Lake Isle of Innisfree is the work of W. B. Yeats, one of my favourite poets.
Why do I like this poem?
We are currently enduring an unrelenting heatwave. It’s lasted days. We expect a thunderstorm tonight. Never so eagerly have I awaited one. And I suspect I’m not alone.
I was curious about this street because it is named after someone who is described simply as the wife of someone else.
Surely that cannot have been the only thing noteworthy about Maria van Reigersbergen.
So who was she, really?
[Read more…]The camera doesn’t do this building much justice. It simply has to be seen.
[Read more…]I really like this one. My introduction to Oban, and it’s going well.
I’m fascinated by the stories behind Amsterdam’s street names. Particularly those streets that are named after people.
This is van Noordtkade, in the Westerpark, named after Olivier van Noort.
An apt title for a song, during these days of global quarantine and self-isolation.