Last Saturday I went with three friends of mine to the Grote Broek (big pants). It is a place in the middle of town. In 1986 it started when some lefties broke into the place and started squatting it. Their ideas were that an ideal world should not contain hierarchical society and that everybody should be their own boss. It became a place of free thinkers. Ow yeah, they also dress differently and a lot of them are vegans 
Squatting in this society isn’t something you want to condone; so a solution was found. Local authorities decided to sell the place to a cooperation. This cooperation would in turn rent it to Grote Broek. The second of May was the grand opening (Dutch). A nice vibe round there with nice food and afterwards a dance party at the Onderbroek (underpants), which is a basement underneath the Grote Broek.
I just had a most awesome experience on stage.
Hanna (whom you know from the little movie here) made a perfect producer. She created a show about Orpheus and Eurydice with dancers, musicians, and us two as acrobats. I had to become a shadow in the realm of Hades. I think that part at least worked.
Unfortunately during the show, although I wasn’t as nervous as with djembee shows I had before, I almost dropped her. I told her parent later on that it was a win-win situation. At least she would have had a physio to guide her in the rehabilitation process. The entire show was taped with three camera’s. I hope somebody is going make it look like it is supposed to go like that.
Last weekend (yeah, I did not find time to post sooner) I went hiking with my parents. My parents have a group of friends they tend to spend time with. Not surprisingly they are all respectably grey. Being the Benjamin of this group last Sunday was really nice. These people know so much about life and nature. And when being without story, stories are made up with great allure. This venerable group meets every last Sunday of the month to walk and one of them acts as a guide. The guide makes sure there is a route and a story.
Last Sunday afternoon was an exception as there was an external guide. The subject of the hike was Eugene Dubois. You might recognize him as the person who found the missing link (I never heard of him). He proved that Darwin was right with his evolution theory. Apparently he was übercool for that fact and it is really weird we Dutch don’t know him. Maybe because he was from Limburg or that he was without religion in a catholic region.
He owned an estate in Haelen (Netherlands) and experimented with a lot of things. The following picture is a bat tower that was supposed to attract bats who could keep his marshes free of mosquito’s.
