Gisteravond een zwaardere bomaanslag in Istanbul. Niks van gemerkt want die wijk ligt ver van het eiland. Bomaanslagen vind ik altijd bij voordaat verdacht. Welke idioot doet het nu plezier honderd onbekende mensen te verwonden of doden? Het is een… Continue reading
This is my brother-in-law Ayhan. That means ‘Sultan of the Moon’ in Turkish. Normally he’s sort of a serious guy:
But when he visits us on the island like yesterday he gets really happy, maybe the blossom trees like this… Continue reading
I have left out I. – I. was a punk girl I met in eindhoven. She was a very independent person, a Scorpio, and used to walk around in a leather jacket with the Russian word for freedom, svoboda, painted… Continue reading
….but talking of soulful music, when it comes to percussion, there’s nothing that beats Burundi drummers. These guys are incredible:
Wendo Kolosoy is one of the pioneers of Congolese Rumba, and one of my favorite African artists. I have been playing his music a lot lately. Kolosoy used to be a professional boxer but he turned to singing when he… Continue reading
As I’ve written before my interest in the occult started when I was about 14 and my prime interests was science fiction, fantasy, advanced physics and the occult. Summarized: anything that was filled with the promise of the fantastic. I… Continue reading
I returned from Paris on Friday completely exhausted from a dramatic week. I was absolutely useless for the first two days and am now trying to catch up with work, communications, wedding planning, pet sitting, reading, creation, etc. I am… Continue reading