amazing

Every parent learns the adage "When it's quiet it is too late", so the other day, when Leon was not making a noise Claudia rushed in to find him play-acting his medication procedure in accurate detail with surplus medical supplies from the closet. And yes, we keep needles under lock and key.

the road to isenheim

This finger has been haunting me for decades now. Insanely long. Probing. Pointing. Poking. Quoting John 3:30. With whom should we identify. The pointer or the pointee?

pressing matters

A tin can of condensed milk, featuring a vignette with farmers ploughing and sowing plus a distant windmill? The great puzzler here is the cryptic text between the laurels. It looks like the fake runes from the Oera Linda manuscript. Alas, the customer service could not aid me in this quest.

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Contact number: 348631

Dear mister van Dijk,

Many thanks for your email of September 19th, 2006 on the condensed milk.

As far as we have been able to ascertain, the vignette shows a farmer cutting grass and a text in partially illegible (Chinese?) characters.

We are very sorry that we are not able to disclose this matter fully.

Kind greetings,
Friesche Vlag Consumer Services

Margot Krijt

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everything has already been done

twice.

new routine

new routine, originally uploaded by [sic].

stage of separation

Next Wednesday, it will be one hundred days since Mario passed away. In many cultures around the globe, this is a special moment, marking a new stage of separation. We look forward to a special Dia de los Muertos, later this year, to celebrate the life of Mario Dominguez.

the gift

Joost is my father's younger brother. The euphemism says he is mentally challenged. I think he has lived up to much more than just mental challenges.

He has seen his nephews and nieces grow up. And their children. With the benjamin of the family now starting to walk, Joost presented Leon the reading book his father bought him when he was four. It took him twenty years to master it.