Richard de Nooy
@richarddenooy.bsky.social
Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | latest: Verraad op Huize Zwaluwenburg | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | https://linktr.ee/richarddenooy
Ram Jam, thank you, ma'am.
(Filed under: "Jokes I Wish Were Mine")
(Filed under: "Jokes I Wish Were Mine")
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ram Jam, thank you, ma'am.
(Filed under: "Jokes I Wish Were Mine")
(Filed under: "Jokes I Wish Were Mine")
Today would've been my father's 106th birthday. I'm sure he would've been proud and delighted to see that his youngest granddaughter tried to reenact his most famous photo at the Acropolis earlier this year.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today would've been my father's 106th birthday. I'm sure he would've been proud and delighted to see that his youngest granddaughter tried to reenact his most famous photo at the Acropolis earlier this year.
It would seem that, as one moves ever-closer to a box of one's own, one feels an ever-stronger tendency to place one's smaller valuables in nifty containers, as if one is preparing to hike into the grey hereafter.
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It would seem that, as one moves ever-closer to a box of one's own, one feels an ever-stronger tendency to place one's smaller valuables in nifty containers, as if one is preparing to hike into the grey hereafter.
A six-word story should be sad.
“What exactly is bacon?” asked Piglet.
“What exactly is bacon?” asked Piglet.
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A six-word story should be sad.
“What exactly is bacon?” asked Piglet.
“What exactly is bacon?” asked Piglet.
Useless Writing Exercise No. 002
1. Try to withdraw further and further into yourself.
2. Imagine yourself getting smaller and smaller.
3. Do you feel like a minuscule nonentity?
4. You are now fully prepared for your writing career.
1. Try to withdraw further and further into yourself.
2. Imagine yourself getting smaller and smaller.
3. Do you feel like a minuscule nonentity?
4. You are now fully prepared for your writing career.
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Useless Writing Exercise No. 002
1. Try to withdraw further and further into yourself.
2. Imagine yourself getting smaller and smaller.
3. Do you feel like a minuscule nonentity?
4. You are now fully prepared for your writing career.
1. Try to withdraw further and further into yourself.
2. Imagine yourself getting smaller and smaller.
3. Do you feel like a minuscule nonentity?
4. You are now fully prepared for your writing career.
Should any of you ever happen to bump into Allen — he of the eponymous, L-shaped keys — please be sure to give him a knee in his tiny, oddly-recessed, poorly accessible nuts from me.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Should any of you ever happen to bump into Allen — he of the eponymous, L-shaped keys — please be sure to give him a knee in his tiny, oddly-recessed, poorly accessible nuts from me.
These cute little buggers are harbingers of doom. It’s November and their mother thinks it’s Second Spring.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These cute little buggers are harbingers of doom. It’s November and their mother thinks it’s Second Spring.
In 1863, an overeager subeditor at the Nantucket Sentinel was fined $200 for his role in the death of James Carruthers, who was erroneously hired as harpist aboard a whaling ship.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In 1863, an overeager subeditor at the Nantucket Sentinel was fined $200 for his role in the death of James Carruthers, who was erroneously hired as harpist aboard a whaling ship.
Licorice is called "drop" in the Netherlands, which is presumably what foreign hearts do when they discover it is unnecessarily popular here.
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Licorice is called "drop" in the Netherlands, which is presumably what foreign hearts do when they discover it is unnecessarily popular here.
Should you ever find yourself in Amsterdam’s longest shopping street, tempting the retail rats from from Muntplein to Dam Square and back, take a moment to glance up above the gaudy shop line and marvel at the fact that all the lovely apartments you see there are empty and uninhabited.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Should you ever find yourself in Amsterdam’s longest shopping street, tempting the retail rats from from Muntplein to Dam Square and back, take a moment to glance up above the gaudy shop line and marvel at the fact that all the lovely apartments you see there are empty and uninhabited.
My great-uncle Hendrik Jakobs and his wife Marie saved the lives of several Jewish families in The Hague during WWII. Hendrik — a retired family doctor — was executed for his #antifa activities on 18 March 1945. He died for freedom, equality and democracy. Fascism was just a deadly obstacle.
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My great-uncle Hendrik Jakobs and his wife Marie saved the lives of several Jewish families in The Hague during WWII. Hendrik — a retired family doctor — was executed for his #antifa activities on 18 March 1945. He died for freedom, equality and democracy. Fascism was just a deadly obstacle.
I’m pretty sure this is where it will be “leaked”.
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m pretty sure this is where it will be “leaked”.
Are you alright out there in “war-ravaged Portland”, @danishnovelist.bsky.social?
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Are you alright out there in “war-ravaged Portland”, @danishnovelist.bsky.social?
Give a Duck — a short film about humanity
September 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Give a Duck — a short film about humanity
This is our child.
September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is our child.
It wouldn’t surprise me in Amsterdam, where my neighbour happens to be called Arend (Eagle).
September 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It wouldn’t surprise me in Amsterdam, where my neighbour happens to be called Arend (Eagle).
‘Ik ben geen van beide, écht!’ riep ik wanhopig tegen de dronken jongen, die na een kwartier afdroop.
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
‘Ik ben geen van beide, écht!’ riep ik wanhopig tegen de dronken jongen, die na een kwartier afdroop.
My daughter's band Magustry were at Taverne Bergen on Saturday, proving they can also rock hard when the sun is up.
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My daughter's band Magustry were at Taverne Bergen on Saturday, proving they can also rock hard when the sun is up.
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
