This is the rework of a self-published auto-biographical story (2008), rewritten for this blog. Names of…
Category: From Marie’s Life
Continuing personal growth
After writing my last post on personal growth, I had more to say… The past months…
Personal growth and learning
For May’s personal growth meme I have written about some doors that closed during lockdown, linked…
More on Strengths and Weaknesses
Note: this post turned out a bit longer than was initially intended. I have written about…
Some doors closed during lockdown
Mid March — on the sixteenth to be specific — we went into lockdown. Now the…
De Vierdaagse, 160km in four days
1999, Nijmegen, Netherlands It was the day before we would participate in 83rd edition of the…
Heaven and Hallelujah
Where I know a lot of music and listen to many genres, I very rarely remember…
She wanted to be set free
Content note: death, grief, passing of a loved one. Every year on the fourth of July,…
In the heart of the desert
When I read MLSlavePuppet’s comment on my post Ephemerality, a memory from my childhood was sparked,…
Ephemerality
Swakopmund, South West Africa, December 1976 Just like the year before my parents had driven the…
Fashion is not my style
I have never been someone who follows fashion, not when I was younger, and certainly not…
Hit and Run
Content warning: death of a child I’m really enjoying the prompts Feve is setting us, which…
The Forties
When I saw the prompt for Musically Ranting is ‘The Forties’ I was momentarily baffled, but…
Riding, riding, riding…
The moment I saw the prompt ‘ride’ a memory from my youth came to mind, and…
Defender ISFJ-T: Strengths and Weaknesses
Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away…
Winds of Change
Wind… that’s the first prompt of Feve’s summer writing project, Reminiscences. When I saw it, I…