Hello Dolly

My friend Ruud Douma and his alter ego Dolly Bellefleur will be featured on National TV -- De Wandeling on March 23, 2012 at 7:55 pm with a replay on Sunday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 27.

Here is a preview of the broadcast



I love the concept of the duality as they talk not only with the well known DollyBellefleur but also with the man behind the "beauty with brains"

St. Patrick

Hij verdreef de slangen
van wijsheid
De heilige
Standvastige.
Het land werd arm
en stroomde leeg.
De visser verdronk
in zee;
de boer verzoop
in alcohol.
En heel even stonden ze er weer:
mijn druiden.
Ik zag hen
op de rotsen langs de kust,
in de heuvels
en in de schemering
van de bomen in het dal.
En door mij heen
stroomde het water van zee.
            ~Yvonne Koldewijn Sharkey


St. Patrick

He drove out the serpents
of wisdom
the steadfast
Saint.
The country became poor
and destitute.
The fisherman drowned
at sea;
the farmer drowned
in alcohol.
And for a moment they stood there:
My Druids.
I saw them
on the rocks along the coast,
in the hills
and in the darkness
of the trees in the valley.
And through me
the water flowed back from the sea.

Finally...

I am an opa!


Clara Frances' first picture...

The Old Man

A clip of Kees van Boxtel
with Jolanda Traarbach
at Mondiaal Centrum Haarlem (MCH)