Earlier this year I have spent over 10 days in complete darkness, with almost no contact with the outside world. It was the second retreat of this kind I have done. The first was a year earlier where I spend over five days in darkness.

To say it is a …

We created this biochar cooker during the second week of my first PDC. It is made from two large drums and one smaller can.

Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, or TRE for short, is a simple way to relax the body and shake out tensions. It uses the natural shaking mechanism present in every mammal for getting rid of tension.

Start by laying on the ground on a mat. Pull your legs up and …

My overview of the cycles as I have encountered them or studied as part of Systems Thinking and Permaculture.

• observations
  • a cycle is observing an aspect of reality and noting
    • the aspect seems to change
    • the aspect seems to regularly return to a similar previous configuration
  • our notion of time …

I have done and tried a lot of different things.

The list below is probably not complete. I will try to give a brief overview of the tool and what it aims to achieve, based on my (limited) understanding and how it has helped me.

• Lindyhop Dancing

  I call it …

I have decided end my contract with the allotment association. A number of factors have lead to this decision.

The allotment was evolving towards a miniature food forest. This meant that regular maintenance came down to mowing the "unwanted" plants about once a month.

I have found my enthousiasm for …

Starting from September 2018, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. Ina quit the allotment in January 2023. I have ended our contract with the association in December 2024.

This survey lists the species found in the garden in 2024.

This list is part of the …

Some of the patterns most businesses will face at some point.

• legal structure
  • See Wikipedia: List of legal entity types by country
  • what capital requirement is needed for its foundation
• record keeping
  • bookkeeping
    • what counts as business expense
    • what counts as income
    • is the business liable for taxes
      • VAT
      • income …

In English:

Beneath the hectic of the outside world is rest.

Beneath the chatter of everyday is silence.

Beneath the judgements of people is love.

May you find this rest, silence and love.

In Dutch:

Onder de hectiek van de buitenwereld ligt rust.

Onder het geroezemoes van alledag ligt stilte …

Zones in permaculture is a concept for roughly categorizing areas according to ease and/or frequency of access.