Author Archives: Andy

What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘love’? May be a song, a book or a movie? Perhaps a particular person or memory? It could be a word that you think is just too over-used… things like … Continued

 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 … Continued

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 … Continued

  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 … Continued

  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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 right, who was somewhat persistent in … Continued

  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 … Continued

    The other week I found myself humming a tune from 1981 (a sign of my old age? Though I have to say there was a lot of great music in the 80s!!) The song was an old U2 … Continued