Top view of our hamlet, with the TyVert longère and gardens at the bottom of the picture. The year 2025 was in many ways a year of extremes, on a global scale, in our circle of friends and in our own lives. Happiness and sadness dance together. Spring began with the deceasing of Joop Moet, our father / father-in-law. He was still clear-minded, but his body was worn out. Joop's gentle, cheerful character, eloquence and kindness are sorely missed. In May, we took the ferry to S

'Hymn; signs of life' / Hymne; levenstekens' will appear soon. Anthems have been sung in many keys for millennia as a statement of the...