Paul met Debbie

In the Netherlands health insurance is available for everyone. Insurance companies are obliged to accept without exclusions, no matter your health situation. If you have a low or no income, the state supplies the money. Every year at the end of december you are allowed to switch insurance company if you think another insurance is cheaper or…[Read more]

Weightlifting! Wow, never thought of that. But it makes some sense I guess. Short explosions of power don’t require much oxygen right away, they can be managed by the muscles. And you can breath heavily afterwards. And when the muscle mass increases, there is a larger power battery available.
Perhaps I should start lifting my piano in stead of…[Read more]

Beautiful story! My parents also were very much involved in taking care and charge when needed, and they never took No for an answer if they thought things could be managed better health-wise. From them I learned to be persistent and not to follow guidelines blindly, but always find out what was the best solution for my situation specifically.…[Read more]

This will be a long process, Irene. Perhaps immigration to the EU is closest to your background. I only have some initial knowlegde I can provide here.

Immigration to a European country is easiest if you come as an immigrant using the ticket of a job. If you have some special skills that allow you to get a job with a company that is Europe…[Read more]

Congratulations! Now enjoy, but don’t overdo it 🙂

This week we celebrate my brother in law and his girlfriend, who finally met. Actually, according to the poet Rumi, lovers don’t finally meet eachother, the are in eachother all along. We totally agree.

I am surprised reading this. Could you mention your sources, Bailey?

I have searched the internet for the correlation between cystic fibrosis and cancer.
Indeed there are several large and recent studies that found an increased risk for gastro intestinal cancers in cf patients. This mainly involved cancers of the small bowel, colon, biliary…[Read more]

Beautiful. Words of truth. And very well written.

I consider myself an animal too, a sort of sorry bald ape, and I identify with and marvel at all of my furry or feathered relatives that boldly merge with nature every day, without the use of artificial stuff like I do. I think they are extremely courageous in the way they live and deal with all the forces of nature, find food and shelter, hunt…[Read more]

Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now
The only real self help book you will ever need – the insights in this book go way beyond therapy.
Most other self help books are only about becoming a better person. This book will show you how to be free of the person once and for all. It’s liberating in the truest sence of the word.
We have read it since 15 years…[Read more]

Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now
The only real self help book you will ever need – the insights in this book go way beyond therapy.
Most other self help books are only about becoming a better person. This book will show you how to be free of the person once and for all. It’s liberating in the truest sence of the word.
We have read it since 15 years…[Read more]

I agree with Timothy. Containing for 60 % out of water, this obviously is my main element. But I also live of the earth and cannot do without air for longer than 1 minute either. Fire is not an element but a process (actually there are only processes, all is moving and interacting) and the fire in the sun is also reason we are all alive.…[Read more]

Having to take some more antibiotics for 3 weeks lately, since 2 weeks I am back on my normal regime and it seems like this stabilized all right – it’s doable at least. This is a win.

PS I had to look up HIIT workouts – I can imagine they are difficult and will tax the muscles. Good for you! For me, my muscles tend to get sour incredibly fast on…[Read more]

Nothing is wrong with you, you are just tired which, given the bad things you have been handling lately, is only normal. Time and rest will do you a lot of good.

We had a normal week, which is good. Driving along in the car quite a bit, fixing some little things on it and enjoying every moment (see my latest Sunday Morning post).

My mother in…[Read more]

Salty cashew nuts for me please. Salt and fat in one. And the good fat. And vega. Great stuff.

Avocado indeed, it’s great. Little mayo, little ketchup, salt & pepper, mmmm. 👌
And being Dutch, we are cheese lovers of course. Not in large quantities, but the good stuff, Gouda and old Amsterdam. But for a real treat we divert to France, Camembert from Normandy or the blue cheeses like Roquefort. And not to forget Italian Gorgonzola or British…[Read more]