Author Archives: The Chronicler
Simple Beauty
A far north city in the Netherlands: Groningen.
Mad Men at Their Best
This is a New York City Shoe Seller. The shoes in themselves are unique, but this advert is brilliant!
A New Year
May the New Year be one of peace, fulfillment and all good things each day, each week, each month. 2020 is great hindsight, let us employ it now in forward thinking and positive actions so the view of the past and the future is 2020.
There is Something About the Holidays
Call them what you will. In the dark months, celebrate the ones that warm your soul, enjoy the lights, smells and sounds that are to appease the northern hemispheres darkest months. These celebrations originate from the most pagan of times, given the soul’s need to have hope in the dark. Nothing has changed. So Happy …
How to Deter Bike Thieves
This is how you stop someone stealing your bike: Use two locks. It will take a thief more time to undo two and some thieves are specialized in a particular brand of lock, this will confound them. Place your bike in the rack and wrap a lock around the rack and the front wheel. This …
Minor Reenactment of the Noah Episode
Need to rethink ever again buying a hot water bottle second hand.
A Suggestion
There was an invitation for coffee. I accepted. The dawning of the day began with showers, the sort of rain-storm my dad called a Sou’west’r, the sort of storm for which you stay inside by the fire or the wood-burning-stove or the couch and a book. I called the invitee and said I was truly …
Save the Planet. Drink non-milk
For 25 years a Swedish company has been creating a milk alternative made from oats. Having discovered it just this past year, I treat it as if it is a new concept. Apparently I am not alone in my recent knowledge. Suddenly it has become the drink of choice for the multitudes who want to …
From the Tram
Looking out the window of the tram, the wet street was the original intent of the photo. Then saw the pedestrian, universal-idiot, reading his hand held while crossing an intersection. In Amsterdam you can get hit by a car, a bike, a moped, a tram. The choices are endless.