Walking with Annelie

Thursday, February 2, 2023 Walking with Annelie is coffee indoors today. We’ve told each other we need to go on more walks. She asks if we should dress warmly for the cold, wet park, or if we should just grab a table inside.

Week 47: Booster

Sunday, November 27, 2022 I forgot how the COVID booster can make you feel as though, temporarily, the world may well be ending. I got it earlier this week, and it left me with a sore arm and that dreadful, ridiculous sensation that accompanies a flu that lasts a week too long.

Week 13: Recruiting

Saturday, April 2, 2022 It has been snowing in Amsterdam. As the years go by, I’m having trouble understanding whether I’m experiencing the effects of global warming, or whether I’ve never paid attention to what was always in front of me until now.

Overheard in July

Tuesday, July 27, 2021 “Do you want this problem to get smaller or bigger?” “I still love you, but I’ll be doing it from behind this line.

Kind agents

Saturday, June 26, 2021 The weather is great, infection rates are down, and the Dutch government loosened Covid restrictions. Masks are no longer required in public indoor spaces.

Aging: part one

Friday, March 12, 2021 When I was a child, no physical activity brought me more delight than inline skating. I had a wonderful pair of skates; silver, neon pink, and teal, snuggly fitting my feet.

Week 2: Home office

Sunday, January 17, 2021 I’m terrible at keeping it a secret: my favorite time in the week is when A works from home. We spent the past month building a home office in a one-bedroom apartment, and I’m happy about the result.

The end of cute

Monday, December 28, 2020 I have a friend who is so mad at the pandemic that he went on a six-day crack bender just to prove it

That time we were the first to get Covid

Sunday, September 20, 2020 Amsterdam’s patient zero is a woman who just happens to have spent early 2020 in the north of Italy. She has a son who attends the high school which just happens to be Anja’s place of employment.