In this blog I will explain why I am busy working on trends in the prices of medieval hand-written books between circa 1250 and 1500. It may seem as escapism…

Is it possible to identify the most beautiful notes in classical music? Of course, taste is subjective, and what I like may be awful or boring music for you. Still,…

It is cold and silent in our garden. I hear a woodpecker, but he/she is at considerable distance. I have not seen the hedge sparrows for a few days now,…

The plan for today was that I would give you an update of the garden (still in deep crisis) and then tell a bit about the new kid on the…

I can not help it, I think of Bach on Sunday mornings. It will be a year without the Matthäus Passion, without going to one of the performances, and without…

In my first blog I promised to write about the smallest bird that visits my garden. It is the goldcrest, a very tiny bird that mainly feeds on insects living…

Wolves are hot. There is a lively public debate about the desirability of allowing a few wolves to settle in the Netherlands, and the related civil society – foundations, working…

Yesterday I wanted to write about the birds in my garden, but it was extremely quiet there when I sat down behind my laptop. It took a while to understand…

What to do in corona times? In early March 2020, when the corona pandemic reached the Netherlands, the government told us to stay home and do our work on-line. It…