dead I am not… for those of you who wondered if I’ve fallen off the face of the earth–should you happen to believe that the world is flat,–[spell check just offered ‘falling apart’ which is more accurate than flat]. As last I wrote, I continue to live, in Holland [the government is trying oh so hard to get everyone on the same page to say the Netherlands not Holland – good luck with that] and life continues to be so far so good. Since last I wrote, [I stopped writing because the over arching part of my life became too complicated to pretend the allure of the country was sufficiently captivating to drown out the over arch screeching] I have, through ‘hoop jumping, test taking and a terrific coincidence become a duel national. The advantage is that I can continue to stay here without having to conduct business and am afforded all the other rights of being a Dutch citizen.