Author: andy

    It got a bit icy under foot a few weeks ago. Some of you reading here in the NLs might have even had a skate. I only got as far as having a walk on frozen water!! Keep

Fifty years ago yesterday, Martin Luther King was assassinated. Not surprisingly there has been a lot of media coverage on this; considering his life, the wider Civil Rights Movement and the legacy through to today and what still needs to

It is finished! Easter week is here again. As ever from many cards in the shops, someone visiting from outer space could be forgiven for thinking it is about eggs, fluffy ducklings and the like. The events in 1st century

 Last night, I was stuck… as I was on the night before too. I never used to be into doing Sudoku puzzles but Helen got me going with them a couple of years ago. Usually there are moments each time

Tomorrow is the day after today – as usual of course! Yet, this particular tomorrow for some will be special since it is Valentines Day. Expressions of love will be shared between many. For others it can be a painful

On New Year’s Day I was sat at the beach, looking across to this group of people, whilst I was drying off after going in the North Sea for a quick swim (very quick in fact). They were about to

Earlier I was having a walk up by the lake near where we live. As I passed a certain tree (there are many so I won’t try and explain which one!), I thought about how a few months ago I

Christmas is coming! What comes to mind when you think of this time of year? Is it a hope for snow on December 25th? Well across the country we got that the other day, as the photo above from our

The other week I was sat up on the cafe terrace of the old V&D building for a meeting. The view was fantastic as it so often is! We also had this visitor pictured above, who was somewhat persistent in

Despite an early morning frost, it has been a beautiful day weather wise in Leiden. Perhaps it can seem so much easier to be grateful for things when the Sun is shining and there are blue skies. Yet think on