by Clarissa | Sep 5, 2017 | dutch life, family
We’ve now been in the Netherlands for over three years. The anniversary passed while we were on holiday in the UK in fact. Which made me think about how soon you lose the ties to places you used to live in. And how quickly you are bound to a new place. Walking...
by Clarissa | Aug 1, 2017 | writing |
I started my first wordpress blog in August 2007, so I’m now marking my tenth anniversary. Though I did have a different blog before that which has now disappeared. So I’m not sure exactly how long I have been blogging, but at least ten years. I’ve...
by Clarissa | May 8, 2017 | family
It’s weird wearing glasses for the first time. I was actually first given glasses some years ago, but I never really wore them much. Only really for driving (I need them for distance) and, as we don’t have a car, that’s not very frequent. Recently I...
by Clarissa | Jan 20, 2017 | family |
Starry girl is now 3. She’s definitely a getting bigger girl, but sometimes I think we forget how little she is. How much of an effort some things are for her. How much she still has to learn. It makes me think of what we say to our children. How when we want...
by Clarissa | Feb 1, 2016 | dutch life, family
…is obviously Italian! I am enjoying being a member of a wind band here in the Netherlands, and I’ve now been playing with them for over a year. And this blog post has been in my mind for nearly that long! I used to play in two orchestras and a wind...
