Stories, Starlight & Wild Places

November surprises me in many ways. I thought all the leaves on the tree would have been gone by now. I expected that there would be more October storms. I thought there would be more grey days. I prepared for them mentally, braced myself in a way. The other day I really sat with this and looked at why. Did I change? Did life around me change? I guess it’s a bit of both. And is has a lot to do with a teapot. At the beginning of this year, I planned to create more small moment

Yesterday we went to see the vet with our Mackie, our Malamute-Husky. He wasn’t doing well at all. On May 31st we got the news his illness was terminal. There was no treatment, accept for painkillers to stall the inevitable a bit. The message I got was that, worst case scenario, we may have only a week together left. The painkillers brought some relief. And each day we found something fun for both Mackie and Billy to keep the spirits up. Mackie’s usual big appetite faded and

Ever since I was a small kid I read a lot. I must have been 7 years old when I read like hundreds of pages each month. I had an...

Life happens while you made other plans. In the midst of that is your daily reality. Like I planned to write one blog at least each...

I finished a whole series of Dragon paintings. I love painting them! The last Dragon painting I made is called Nexus Anima, which means...

Okay, these past few weeks have been about failing forward and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. These past few weeks have...

In the last weekend of January I framed my first finished painting of 2025. It’s called “Day Dreaming”. The story behind this piece is...

To really know what you want out of life can be a terribly complicated thing. Especially when you have a bee hive for a brain like mine....

After all the festivities of December we all fall into the dark blues at times. The happy Christmas lights disappear from the houses and...

Meaning and emotion control the quality of life. I learned that from TR (Tony Robbins). But ofcourse, there are more lessons, insights...

Hello There! Life happens while you made other plans… And the last few months, all my plans got messed up pretty bad. Let me share an...

Hi! And welcome to my first blog and my website. In this first blog I'd like to introduce myself and tell you a bit about what you can...