Polar
Klara and the Sun
Ancient Greeks To My Liking
Domini, Hocus Pocus, Nature and Names
Is This the Winter of Our Discontent?
Can You Benefit from a Good Brainwash?
Forgive most and Forget the Rest
The forgetting part comes easy. It requires no action, as it is passive and, at…
‘Understanding’ is Love’s Other Name
No Progress without Rambling Men
No More Change, Please
Apart from pain, constipation, insomnia, loneliness, boredom, and a handful of other minor irritants, there…
Time flies when you are having fun
You Should Try Something New Too
It’s Okay to be Bad-Tempered
A little satire about getting old and being bad-tempered. You have reasons to be impatient,…
Satirical Observations on Cruelty to Animals and Eating Habits
Some satirical observations on eating habits and cruelty to animals. The first time I experienced…
Who Says The Earth Ain’t Flat?
Pseudoscience is harmful. It is fake, mock, nominal, or would-be science, such as Homeopathy, Astrology,…
Take My Advice
The following is satire. Never take advice from young people between ten and sixty years…
Vhy Not?
So Sweet… David Kowalski was sixty-four and only one year before his upcoming retirement from…
We Ate Better
Jan Steen – Lunch at our place…The happy fellow on the floor could be me….
Random Thoughts
There are a number of things I am interested in, and new ones are added…
Amor Mundi – Love of the World
Swim or get Old in a Hurry
Dreams
I slept like a log and ended up in the fireplace… It can’t get much…
Loss and Gains
Satire When people start telling you, “You look great”, it probably means you look like…
Housekeeping
TREES
Satire It may be true that one should not compare apples with oranges, but what…
Travel for Pleasure an Oximoron
satire All my family, friends, and acquaintances appear to have only two things in mind;…
For Older Readers Only
Satire Now there was an old guy who didn’t suffer stupidity easily! If you are…
I Live to Eat
Jean Jacques waiting for his share I Live to Eat However, that’s not the only…
Doctor, Help!
A votre santé, mon ami! (Your health, my friend!) I hope the patient didn’t…
Old Geesers
Herman Thorbecke (word count: 825 – June 2024} Yesterday I called a couple of old…
I’m an old Fart now
Born (1935) and bred in The Netherlands (Holland for short) I lived there, innocently and…