Gregory Porter (and his hat)

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Sure there was Zedd winning for Clarity and Dawn Upshaw at the last grammies, but for me the greatest winner was Gregory Porter. I have to admid that I never heard from him before (and so missed his extensive Dutch tour last Autumn. But this guy with his rich baritone and the ever-present Kangol hat is my new favorite jazz singer (well that is after Mel - because Mel is a whole class apart...). Listen to his latest album Liquid Spirit and you know what I mean.

Mollycoddle

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And the Oscar goes to... (I have no idea any longer!)

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Well I was quite certain at first about Cate Blanchett winning the Oscar for Best Actress for "Blue Jasmine". Then Sandra Bullock made me doubt because of Gravity and now - after watching "Philomena" I give up! Judi Dench is absolutely awesome as Philomea and acts on a square micrometer. So who should get the Oscar???

Watching Looking

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Twins

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(almost) completed works by Simon Carmiggelt

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About 100 years ago the writer Simon Carmiggelt was born so these months were and are a little bit "Simon Months". We went on his "Kronkel walk" through Amsterdam, bought new compilation books by him and some new other books about him. But now - finally I may add - I could my hand on his very rare completed works by the Arbeiderspers. These volumes were published starting in 1994 and were suppose to form the complete works by Simon. Unfortunately due to very poor demand the series was stopped after 25 volumes. And these are hard to get complete. So I am happy that the evenings are still long, because I need plenty of time to read them all. Fun to have some hardcopy books for a change...

On the scooter with Maud

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Today I had a very special passenger on my Scooter: Maud rode with me trough Amsterdam :-)