MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

 Just a short post with a great quote as moral compass... Our Gardenia inside a creamware cachepot from Wedgwood Cream Color on Cream Color ...

In the December 2015 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Mary was on the cover... She is also well known in the Koran, named Maryam (Mary) and is the holie...

Did any of you know about this  story of civic heroism ?  9/11 of 2001... An ARMADA of HEROES that ONLY followed THEIR MORAL COMPASS!!! This...

It has been FIFTEEN years now, since we last went to Indonesia for work... And also it has been SEVEN years, since Anita last did stay wit...

We have come to the final Quote, now containing TEN Letters... One that is very dear to all of us and does nurture our soul. The Most ...

We're almost at the finish of TEN... This is a mighty one as we all can acquire it for as long as we live! The Most Powerful NINE-...

There are a few more important quotes by letter number and this is one we ALL have dealt with at some time in our life... The Most Envia...

As we are adding up letters, we have now come to: The Hardest Working SEVEN-Letter Word... "SUCCESS" - Achieve it. That ...

A great quote about some bad habits and sadly The Most Spreading SIX-Letter Word... "RUMOR" - Ignore it. "RUMOR&quo...

Another great quote with international meaning: The Most Pleasing FIVE-Letter Word... "SMILE" - Keep it. It sure has tremendou...

And here is maybe THE most important Word, in whatever language! It happens to be in English The Most Used FOUR-Letter Word... &qu...

 Here is another quote about the Most Poisonous Three-Letter Word... "EGO" - Overcome it. We better let go of this &qu...

One more quote that is so valuable and even more so right after Valentine's Day we should remember this; year round. Also as a family...

We just start a period of the year where our Moral Compass could use some cleaning and attention... Here a very inspirational quote: ...

Already on September 13, the 205th Country Visited my humble blog - Welcome Mayotte! Mayotte is a little Island, West of Madagascar a...

Thinking about HOW much we have carried inside our suitcases over the years... it is hard now for bringing anything besides your clothes ...

For sure most of you have received over the years some meaningful and touching Thank-You-Notes, hand written for a gift received, or for ...

Wishing my dear Mom a Happy 89th Birthday on February 12! She is quite a hero for still going strong after almost 5 years of kidney dialy...

Worthwhile sharing this speech by my husband Pieter, given to the people of Laurens County, prior to the fireworks. The 4 th of July ...