Articles 2024 (English)
What a day (13-11-24)
'Hello Ad, It is Leo here. Are you okay there?'
"Ha, Leo. Okay? Hmm
Old rascals (09-11-24)
Especially things that are important for us personally arouse interest.
Questions (04-11-24)
Rarely heard so much whining about paratyphoid fever than in recent months
Question from Lin
Some people pride themselves on the "many friends" they have. I had few, but good ones. One of them was Lin
To blame or not to blame (09-10-24)
Very rarely will I visit somewhere without announcing myself in advance. And visitors are expected to do the same.
Some foreigners (23-09-24)
It's normal that foreigners have questions and ask them to fanciers from here. There, the sport is (much) 'younger', especially in the Middle East.
The cradle is here.
Well spent (23-09-24)
I made my living as a teacher in high school. Mostly with pleasure and only once did I really let myself go. When teenagers were throwing coins at ducks.
Just some pigeon talk (21-08-24)
A letter in the mail? That was a long time ago!
From an older person?
Striking (31-07-24)
What makes pigeon sport so interesting for many are the surprises that often occur, things that one did not expect or cannot explain. A few examples:
Wasted time (28-06-24)
18% of adults would still be smoking now, in 2023, the majority women. Well, 'in my time' it was different.
At Daniels results speak (28-06-24)
We didn't know that racing with hens can perform so well from books, as practice has shown.
Better in the past ?
What I can still remember from my childhood is very little and... There is not a lot of good in that.
Booze, rivalry and more
If you blindly accept everything that people want you to believe in pigeon sport, you have to possess an elastic mind.
Fabels (28-05-24)
'Fabels' is the name of a kind of roadside restaurant in the area. I sometimes go there for coffee after a walk in the nearby woods.
The chicken or the egg (24-04-24)
Usually a ten-minute chat is enough to be able to say whether someone has talent as a fancier or whether he is a fiddler and will remain so.