Good luck!

Today is election day in the USA.

I can only hop people use their brains and vote wisely.

It's between the old man and the hockey mom,
and the dynamic and distingished.

Chapea Obama and Biden for the way you both took the elections to a higher standard.

For the world, I hope you win.


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Fundraising and shopping in one.

Fundraising and shopping are a good combination.
I buy special stamps to raise funds for projects for children, I buy gifts at a special shop where a percentage is put aside for hygeniec projects in Africa.

Now I've found a means to do the same when shopping online.

All what needs to be done is downloading a small piece of software called AidMaker.
I'm paying the normal store price for a product but the retailer donates part of the purchase to the cause I have choosen. 75 percent of the total purchase price will then go to charity.
It automatically starts, so nothing else needs to be done after installing. When you want to change things, you can do so.

5000 online stores take part.

It's organised by aGoodCause.com.
This is a global partnership between 700 of the worlds most important NGOs - charities like Save the Children, Red Cross, Amnesty International, OXFAM and many others aimed at improving animal welfare, human rights, poverty and climate.

aGoodCause is a global system, launched now in 8 countries.

To take part, go to www.eengoedezaak.nl, and choose your country at the top right.
USA and England are included, as are Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands and France.

I can't think of a better way to shop online.

a halloween after all

We're not used to celebrating halloween here, so it was no problem when I got a last moment invite to play at a halloween party.

I was asked to enter the building from a backyard gate and a kitchendoor, so people wouldn't see me in my normal outfit.

Within 20 minutes I was changed into an ugly looking vampire, and within half an hour I was rehearsing a couple of songs with weird texts.

They were written in a large font and glued on the floor, so I could have a peek when performing.

The girl and guys of the band were very professional so when we went on stage we all felt confident.

We made the performance into a real blast.

I had such a good time that I stayed there until the end.

Leaving through the front door, just as all the other ghosts and gouls.

I've changed

Many things have changed the past year and I didn't like it.

There was not enough room to do what I really like and what I'm good in.

I loved teaching, in a way.

It was dealing with young people I liked, but the whole schoolbusiness with all the meetings, took to much from me.

Another problem was that it didn't pay too well, so I had to get a second job to pay my bills.

Last month I decided to take up my former life of a full time musician and I've spend a lot of time to get new contracts.

I succeeded and I'll be on the road again.

In the meantime I've also decided to start giving music lessons to young people to teach them the joy of creative expression.

I know my former pupils will regret I'm leaving school, but I have to do it to stay true to myself.

Helping the elderly

The weather is changing and it's getting colder.

I've helped the old people in the street the last weeks to get their gardens ready.

A lot of pruning needed to be done.

I can't understand their families won't take one saturday afternoon off to do it all together.
It's fun.

Because I didn't want any payment, I got a couple of free meals.
I've eaten things I haven't had in ages, because some things one doesn't cook just for one person.

I didn't know it would be such a good experience.

unconscious mutterings 300

1. Contemplate :: thinking deep


2. In the house :: there's the mouse


3. Classical :: music


4. Quest :: for life


5. Best friend :: my music


6. 1991 :: got a new guitar then


7. Never will :: stop making music


8. Fool :: on the hill


9. Unhappy :: happy


10. Best man :: I was a few months ago

Want to take part too?
click the logo.

posting by mail

Posting by mail didn't work for me.

I must have done something wrong, or the gods were just against me.

I've saved the texts, so I'll put them here.

Feels silly.

Now I have to find out what has gone wrong.
When anyone has dealt with the same, please let me know your findings.