@olfnt.bsky.social
Eternal uprooted immigrant, belonging neither there nor here. Mom of a boy and a bird.
Snow evaporating from a fence on a sunny day
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Snow evaporating from a fence on a sunny day
Full moon in the suburbs.
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Full moon in the suburbs.
I contain multitudes (Walt Whitman and Amsterdam Light Festival)
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I contain multitudes (Walt Whitman and Amsterdam Light Festival)
Amsterdam wild life (including the funky tree)
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Amsterdam wild life (including the funky tree)
(Faceless) nobility buried under Lund Church about a thousand years ago:
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
(Faceless) nobility buried under Lund Church about a thousand years ago:
They met years after almost loving each other to destruction, two people who each survived by turning into stone, and they spent a polite afternoon being “glad” the other one is doing well and saying they will stay in touch, petrified forever
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
They met years after almost loving each other to destruction, two people who each survived by turning into stone, and they spent a polite afternoon being “glad” the other one is doing well and saying they will stay in touch, petrified forever
Took a Pilates class that ended with an unexpected guided meditation, and then she finished with “touch the ground you’re lying on. Seal the experience. Because it happened”, and I liked that word sealing because I wanted so hard for all of it to be true
December 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Took a Pilates class that ended with an unexpected guided meditation, and then she finished with “touch the ground you’re lying on. Seal the experience. Because it happened”, and I liked that word sealing because I wanted so hard for all of it to be true
The coldest Christmas in the last 15 years
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The coldest Christmas in the last 15 years
… and they’ve been doing that for thousands of years until about five minute ago, when it turned out that apparently humans are no longer required:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...?
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...?
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
… and they’ve been doing that for thousands of years until about five minute ago, when it turned out that apparently humans are no longer required:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...?
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...?
How are you not in awe of the fact that humans have been consciously creating music for over 60 THOUSAND years
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How are you not in awe of the fact that humans have been consciously creating music for over 60 THOUSAND years
How cool is it to hang old brass instruments above the bar, each with its own untold history. De Rijp
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
How cool is it to hang old brass instruments above the bar, each with its own untold history. De Rijp
Selective memory and rewriting history are the biggest pitfalls of every relationship
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Selective memory and rewriting history are the biggest pitfalls of every relationship
Yesterday someone complimented me that I was “very Dutch”, and I objected because how many times was I accused (by old friends) of “turning Dutch” when I moved away, as if integrating (in order to survive) is the worst betrayal of one’s True Identity
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Yesterday someone complimented me that I was “very Dutch”, and I objected because how many times was I accused (by old friends) of “turning Dutch” when I moved away, as if integrating (in order to survive) is the worst betrayal of one’s True Identity
Someone said in a podcast “Nietzsche was so wonderfully inconsistent”, and I can’t stop trying (and failing) to come up with an example of a wonderful inconsistency, and also wondering what it says about me if I could never in the millions of evers think of any inconsistency as wonderful
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Someone said in a podcast “Nietzsche was so wonderfully inconsistent”, and I can’t stop trying (and failing) to come up with an example of a wonderful inconsistency, and also wondering what it says about me if I could never in the millions of evers think of any inconsistency as wonderful
Wildlife coming out in the middle of the night
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Wildlife coming out in the middle of the night
Holiday season is upon us: aerial view over greedy consumerism (Utrecht’s biggest shopping mall)
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Holiday season is upon us: aerial view over greedy consumerism (Utrecht’s biggest shopping mall)
After a second first date which turned into a confession about how he hates himself, went for a walk with a friend who confided about her psychotic, self-harming teenage son. I’m hurting for people around me, yet can’t want for this day to be over.
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
After a second first date which turned into a confession about how he hates himself, went for a walk with a friend who confided about her psychotic, self-harming teenage son. I’m hurting for people around me, yet can’t want for this day to be over.
Looking up through the glass ceiling (of a tram stop, after a frosty night)
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Looking up through the glass ceiling (of a tram stop, after a frosty night)
How self-absorbed do you have to be, to give a recording of your voice as a birthday gift?
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
How self-absorbed do you have to be, to give a recording of your voice as a birthday gift?
Suno-generated song instead of an office Christmas speech - what’s the point of a rhymed ode when all I want for Christmas is more free time?
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Suno-generated song instead of an office Christmas speech - what’s the point of a rhymed ode when all I want for Christmas is more free time?
Those unpretentious buildings that quietly stand there for hundreds of years
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Those unpretentious buildings that quietly stand there for hundreds of years
Amsterdam morning
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Amsterdam morning
Walked into a room where an aging Icelandic woman was sitting in what looked like a wheelchair. Felt awkward to reach out to shake her hand which, folded under a blanket, seemed as if she was maybe paralyzed. For the rest of the afternoon, wondered if it was a mistake
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Walked into a room where an aging Icelandic woman was sitting in what looked like a wheelchair. Felt awkward to reach out to shake her hand which, folded under a blanket, seemed as if she was maybe paralyzed. For the rest of the afternoon, wondered if it was a mistake
Mother’s itch: The offspring is obviously perfect, but the rest of the world occasionally disagrees. Big plans for the future silently collapsing in the background. He might not be as talented as I thought, I whisper while the wave of worry overwhelms me
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mother’s itch: The offspring is obviously perfect, but the rest of the world occasionally disagrees. Big plans for the future silently collapsing in the background. He might not be as talented as I thought, I whisper while the wave of worry overwhelms me
When a colleague calls you a “humble queen” and you don’t recognize yourself in either of these two words
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
When a colleague calls you a “humble queen” and you don’t recognize yourself in either of these two words