This Week In Wijnjewoude 2025

  Week 7 Kids' Weekend again...they just keep getting older! We might have to think about cutting back unless we get some more kids - wages and payroll tax eat into the margins - but we'll keep going for the time being - it's rewarding enough in other ways... Ben was home with us - so no photos from faraway places...he's already gone back to Amsterdam and Den Hague for work - he's contemplating another 6 month stint of work with the Government - he puts in long hours even when he's home with us - so maybe they appreciate him just a little... Europe (yeah, it's close to home) Introductory Editor's Letter from the euObserver (I don't pay to read the full story)...but this gives the general idea... Is this what it's like when a geopolitical leviathan flips the world order on its head? Is this US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin carving up the map: Greenland and Canada for me, Ukraine and Europe for you? Or just more cack-...

 Week 6 The Globalist 9 feb disappearing blueberries On the globalization downside, for the multitudes who are suffering a downside, is the increased gap between rich and poor, job loss, wage stagnation, worker exploitation, deforestation, reduced biodiversity, increased pollution — and the spread of plant disease such as the blight now threatening nutrient-dense blueberries. ... and Florida oranges (92% of trees affected by something else) ...and starting to think about the boat  (sigh of relief) We have the Marrekrite Flag delivered every year now - a timely reminder to start thinking about the boat - even though there is still snow outside... In the recently published report State of the Infrastructure , Rijkswaterstaat describes the technical state of the Dutch infrastructure in 2023. Although the infrastructure is currently in order, the facts are confronting, according to the report.   Water Recreation... https://db.waterrecreatienederland.nl/wp-content/uploads...