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Drinks at an altitude of 306 feet
My cousin Jochen likes to do things in style. After he got married in an impressive ambiance with a few carefully selected guests, there had to be an event for ‘a somewhat broader’ crowd of people. So there were 90 guests today. And of course this had to take place in an inspiring environment as [...]
Hurdy-gurdy spectrum
So now everybody is curious what the spectrum of a hurdy-gurdy looks like, right? Well, have a look: The vertical lines are sounds with a constant frequency. This explains the whining sound of the hurdy-gurdy, caused by the sympathy strings. In this case you can click the picture to hear what it sounds like — [...]
Speech exercises
I make little progress. Week after week passes… In two weeks from now I can go to the VU again. I hope they will prescribe me Estrogen then. That would do me good. The Androcur (and the herbs I have been taking for years now) do help a little: A body is becoming a little [...]
Speech therapy
It took me a while to find a speech therapist, who is willing to help me outside office hours, but I did. Today I was there for the second time already. The first time we did a lot of administration and looked at the data the VU collected about me and sent to her. According [...]
A roller coaster in the dark
My new employer offered us (all personnel) a present: A visit to the “Efteling”! (One of the oldest and greatest amusement parks in the Netherlands.) That is nice! That was on our wish list! It is a pity it was on a Saturday, because it is very busy then. But we had wonderful weather and [...]
Route of Lights
The psychologist has advised us to do a lot of talking, no matter how much it may hurt. So it looks like we did exactly the right thing yesterday. But tonight we did something nice: We did the “Lichtjesroute” (the “Route of Lights”). Every year the liberation of Eindhoven from the German occupation in September [...]
Kittens
A very dear friend of ours, the same one who borrowed us her Fiat the other day, had a litter of kittens at home. They were nearly six weeks old now, so they will soon leave the nest. We were just in time to have a look at them. They were adorable! Six little pussies! [...]
The hurdy-gurdy again
This weekend Julia was in Rotterdam to play in the musical, so I had the house to myself. I didn’t have to feel bored though, because I wanted to have the photos I made of the musical developed, printed, scanned-in, cropped, resampled, uploaded and linked into my diary as soon as possible. And I still [...]
Madam
For the second time in a week I was invited for a kind of entertainment I wouldn’t have chosen myself. I don’t like musicals, because the story progresses at such a slow speed. Every time after a little action a song has to sung and a dance has to be made, while I am mainly [...]