Friends, time perspective

This is Sally Eves. She lives inside me, but also in the mountains of Pennsylvania where she works as a professional angel. I've known Sal for many lifetimes, so yes, I really believe there are multiple beginnings.


I grew up in Philadelphia where we "tawk wid a 'Rocky' twang." Barbara Craig has been a soul sister since I was a teenager. Actually, it was because she moved to London back in the swinging 70s that I first came to Europe. Nana Odaka who is dressing the tree with Barb was my exchange daughter for a year and now has a cute as a button little boy back home in Japan.

David Meyers, here with wife Roberta and the two of us, represents the beginning of my life outside the home of my parents. When he was a med student at our mutual alma mater, Temple University, we shared a Philly style old brick row home with five other students for a few years. Now I consider his family to be a second family.


Cindy Serano and her partner Vince live on a lovely canal in Pompano Beach just a short walk from the ocean. They have hosted us many times. Cindy and I also go back to hippie days in Philly.

Family Portraits

Martijn and I spent a magical night high in the hills above Florence, Italy at the MidSummer Ball of the European University Institute in Fiesole. We met in Amsterdam in 1995, and this photo was taken almost to the day of our 1st meeting. Now, married ten years, we're still beginners, still learning about each other, still loving our life.

Martijn's family hails from Maastricht. Our immediate family is: Mother, Geri, her friend, Marcel, sister Elly, husband, Paul, daughters Merel, Jolijke and son, Jonny, brother Noel, wife, Leah.

Here's brother Janus, wife Irma, and sons, Theu and Lieven.

Here are my cousin, Sarae with husband, Stan and her daughter, April with husband, Chris, who live in Florida.

Looking Backward, Looking Forward

I dedicate this site to the memory of my Aunt Ada who drank life like every day was a frothy cappucino. This shot was taken just a year ago at my dear friend Cindy Serano's house in Pompano Beach Florida, near where Ada lived. Cindy was yet one more of her fans. Aunt Ada passed away at age 91 on March 5, 2006, just a few days after Martijn and I had a rare opportunity to spend some of her final days together. It was an honor to be in her company. Her life reminds me that we all need to drink up every day and fill someone else's cup with love. Ada lived well and died about as gracefully as one can. She remembered a lot about what was but always looked forward to what would be. Even to that unknown place we will go.

Some friends say I inherited my Aunt Ada's spirit. That feels fortunate. I like to sing and laugh and it's true - I really love people. Well, most people. I've taken a new beginning for a patch of time here in Europe, in the Netherlands, in the medieval city of Maastricht, right here right on the River Muse (or Maas). I hope her waters sing to me like Ada used to and inspire me to find my way.

This blog is the place I'll share my days of beginning. Like Aunt Ada, I'll try to make every day a new one for discovery. And if I'm really lucky for insights and reflection. Come along with me and journey through this new millennium.