Author: Kees van Reeuwijk
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Merry Christmas and a Good 2024
Lucia Beatriz Pitanguy SampaioKees van ReeuwijkDaniel Sampaio
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Merry christmas and a happy 2023
(Click to enlarge) Lucia Beatriz Pitanguy SampaioKees van ReeuwijkDaniel Sampaio
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Merry Christmas and a happy 2020
digitart by Kees and Lucia Lucia Beatriz Pitanguy Sampaio – van Reeuwijk Kees van Reeuwijk
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Review: A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow
The book A Diplomat in Japan, by Ernest Mason Satow describes Satow’s work and life from his arrival in Japan in 1861 to his first home leave in 1869. Satow maintained a diary throughout his working life, and this book is essentially a reworking of the diaries of that period into a more abstract chronological description…
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Merry Christmas and a happy 2019
digitart by Lucia Pitanguy Lucia Beatriz Pitanguy Sampaio – van Reeuwijk Kees van Reeuwijk Daniel Sampaio
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Flying fish
Flying fish in the Science Museum, Coimbra I took a photo of this flying fish in the Science Museum of the university of Coimbra. It is perhaps not the most impressive animal on display, but it caught my eye because I have a weak spot for animals that swim through the air. (Of course a…
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Merry Christmas and a happy 2018
aquarel on paper by Lucia Pitanguy Lucia Beatriz Pitanguy Sampaio – van Reeuwijk Kees van Reeuwijk Daniel Sampaio
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Review: On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal by Mary Taylor Simeti
In 1962, Mary Taylor came to Sicily on a graduation trip to do social work in the Dolci Center in Partinico. There she met Tonino Simeti, married him, and stayed on the island permanently. Only eighteen months after their marriage, Tonino’s elder brother died, and the dreams the couple had of a nomadic life doing development work…
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The sad history of the Japanese tower and the Chinese Pavilion in Brussels
In 1900 there was a world fair in Paris. The Grand Palais and Petit Palais, as well as the nearby Pont Alexandre III, were built for this fair, and are famous Paris landmarks to this day. The fair showed novelties such as Rudolf Diesel‘s engine (running on peanut oil!), Russian matryoshka dolls, talking films, and escalators. The…