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Reflections from the eight decade on culture, politics and the human condition

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  • European Union

Brexit: A Fata Morgana Revisited

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on December 19, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

My Favorite Cartoon? Olivier B. Bommel — If You Know What I Mean

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on December 14, 2025
  • The Fables of Power

📖 The Black Knight in the Labyrinth ⚔️

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 25, 2025December 8, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

From Encyclopedia to Google: Searching for De Gaulle

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 11, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

The Netherlands: Nature and the Flows of Ebb and Tide

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 2, 2025
  • European Union

Brexit Revisited: The Hangover Nobody Asked For

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 28, 2025
Switzerland, South Africa, and Japan
  • Culture & Humanity

Echoes of Travel, Shadows of Time

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 7, 2025July 29, 2025
Cordon Sanitaire – Geert Wilders – The runaway
  • Politics & Society

Morning in The Netherlands

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 4, 2025August 2, 2025
  • Culture

Fleeting Blossoms, Enduring Words: A Reflection on The Tale of Genji

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 4, 2025May 8, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

What is Good About Having a Pet?

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 13, 2024October 15, 2025
  • Culture

Rūmī : The Mystical Poet Across Time and Cultures

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 12, 2024October 21, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Musings: Le Saint-Benoît

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 14, 2024October 15, 2025

Summary: Reflections from the eighth decade — on life, culture, and the state of the world. This blog offers quiet observations, drawn from a lifetime of watching, questioning, and remembering. The sun lowers, but still gives light.

Quote of the week: From Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) writer, activist, and noble prize winner and most relevant to the meaning of this quote, a holocaust survivor.

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