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Since April 2006, and thanks to Mike, my “buum” (neighbour) and his blog, , his book "MAN" (released since last november, DID YOU BUY THIS BOOK ???) let him to start a great blog, "Help ik heb een boek geschreven", which made me comment every day, got me really excited so I started my own blog. Writing about everyday things, things I come up with, things I like to share with others and some thought for the people I care, birthdays, mariages, births etc.
I know some of my readers never comment my posts, but some do, and I must say that these people are a new family for me, my blogfamily. New friends I met through blogging, surfing on their blogs, spent time with them, discuss things through the comments, agree or disagree, and I had the pleasure in meeting them in Amsterdam last November when Mike “MAN” had his party for the release of his book.
I met John and Wendy, John’s the writer of (I quote) “family, friends, music, travel, TV, gadgets, politics, films, nostalgia and a whole lot of other weird stuff…” he invented his “mandag” a post for men only (you can imagine what kind of post those are) and his posts are always very original.
I love drinking my coffee in the morning, reading others blogs. Wendy’s blog is a little dusty, I hope she will get time to make a coming back. Even their son, Berend has a blog. Luepp’s blog is a very interesting one, always incredible posts about history or as he definites his blog : Bilingual scribbles of an Economic Historian, "Dutch Indies" Videographer, Score Composer, Motion Graphics Designer and C4D Artist. I told him once that if he had been my history teacher I would certainly have done better in school!
When I started giving comments on his blog, Feliz, his wife, came along more and more and was hit by the “blogvirus” and started her own blog, Macbuccaneer. An everyday woman like me, with love, happiness, laughter, sadness and sorrow, a mother, a working woman, things to say, to write, to feel better. She writes of her passions, Bollywood, her family, her work…
We met last November and we had lunch, a sort of blind date because we had only written, spoken through email or blog, we spent three hours talking, talking, as if we had known each other for years. We have a lot in common, and she dedicated a post to me saying “new friends”. Well, new friends like this I would like to meet them everyday. Today I have a special thought for her, yes, it is HER birthday, and since I am the specialist of birthdays and celebrations on my blog I could not miss this one !
Their daughter Sofia is also on the web, her Macprivateer is a junior blog which gave Dorine the idea of starting off one for herself, I promised her to do so once we move to the new house.
So, a very very happy birthday to my blogfriend Feliz, my newest friend, hopefully a friend for a long time and keep on bloggin’ !!! Cheers !