In the New Yorker of this week a hilarious account written by Ariel Levy of the era of when lesbian separatists of a generation ago created a shadow society devoted to living in an alternate, penisless reality. Called themselves womyn - to avoid the word men and neither spoke to men or tolerated them in their midst. So expelling even young boys from their communities.The most colorful separatists, although they were not the most
influential, nor the most ideologically stalwart, were the Van Dykes, a
roving band of van-driving vegans who shaved their heads, avoided
speaking to men, and lived on the highways of North America for several
years. Nowadays most of them a decent housewives ;-)
We started our World War I motor trip today by riding to Maastricht and
attend the VIP opening of The European Fine Art Fair.As usual: this is
the place to be. To see other people and to be seen. Maastricht airport
is full with private jets - all hotels are fully booked and on the
parkings deck of the MECC no car under the 100.000 euro is to be seen.
People dress up and for a couple of hours the financial crisis seem not
the exist...
Eddie and I where a little underdressed in our motor gear - but not so
badly dressed as most in ill fitting cheap suits and dresses ;-)
We especially liked the statue of Telemachos at our old friend Robert Bowman. We are still in touch whether to aquire this. Late at night we returned to our hotel at Gulpen.
Many thanks to Marijn in helping to compile this list. At the end of the day, at this moment of time I personally think with all due respect that you are 24/7 an absolutely fairly unique person (but that's not rocket science)...
