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The winners, highly commended and notable mentions in the Writing Prize

Moving beyond the Comfort Zone I never thought I'd be writing a zombie story. Really, never. But doing it was so much fun! Thanks @snook, for an awesome invitation to try out something new. The cool drawing

Weekends and holidays I'm a lucky person. My job involves a lot of writing. Means that when I come home after a day of work, there's not a whole lot of writing inspiration left. I started my fulltime job

Usually I share pictures of my face. Today it's the back of my head - my hair. Why? Because as I'm writing this, I'm enjoying my best diy hair treatment yet, and you can find out how to make it too! Plants

Childhood memories I remember going to this 'museum of the future' when I was a kid, and there was a door opening and closing by voice commands. I remember thinking it was so cool and imagining how in

Stories For ages and ages, we have been telling each other stories to provide a sense of understanding, as a way to remember and give meaning to the world and our place in it. Stories, when told in a certain

Are you one of those (lucky) naturally patient people? The topic of this post has everything to do with personal challenges. I'm sure there are a zillion people out there who naturally have a lot of patience

28 days It's been 28 days since my last post. That's a long time. I had my reasons for being away for a while. It started with that hardfork 20 situation. Everything I thought I knew about how Steem works

Life at the office For the first time in my life, I'm spending five days a week at an office. It's a great place actually, and we have three roof terraces where I go and sit for making phone calls or for

Irresponsible Last weekend I passed my driving exam, which I was (am) super happy with and which I also already told you about. The first thing I did the next Monday was go to one of those offices where

When it rains, it pours We've been having a lot to celebrate lately: First there were birthdays (mine on August 21st, husband on August 30th) then our wedding anniversary (we got married on my 27th birthday,

Pirate ships and ferris wheels During the World Port Days, a lot of stuff which is usually off limits is now open for a visit. Like this military police ship, that has been used for hunting down (real)

Energize! Every year we have the World Port Days in Rotterdam. A lot of people visit, and there are events to watch and join and enjoy. This year's theme is 'Energize!', following on Rotterdam's sustainability

Moving fast When we got married (which we decided we'd do and then did 6 weeks later), my husband's father made this comparison. Of life being like a river, bending this way and that. And people meandering

Summer heat Here in Netherlands we've had the hottest and driest summer I ever witnessed. The last year it was as dry as this one, was 1976. Long before I existed. I enjoyed the warm weather and sunshine,

First time is always special When you go somewhere new, there are always so many things happening at the same time. I would be very curious to know if any of you have this similar experience: for me, very

Unique Selling Point Netherlands is full of water. A lot of the land lies below sea level. And our city of Rotterdam has the largest port in Europe. Which is rather special, and today we went on this little

Four kids and a puppy Taking care of four kids and a dog is not always easy. There are moments when everyone needs something, at the same time. Or the lot of them are tired, agitated, and in a mood to

On top of the world Built in 1960, the Euromast is still the highest building of Rotterdam. True, originally it was only 107 meters high. In 1968 the Medical Faculty at the Westzeedijk was built, and was