These must be the most self-indulgent days of my life. These days I am the closest to myself I have been in a long time. I feel like a human being again, in contact with my emotions and desires. When I walk the city streets, it is as if I am floating. I have never felt happier with myself. I can almost touch my own glow.
These days I am not doing much, except enjoying my own company and sometimes the company of friends. Not reading, not writing, not taking too many photos either. I just exist and by doing so, I allow myself to feel whatever it is that I am feeling.
And today I woke up feeling low… I did not know what to do with myself. So, I made breakfast, then took the camera from the shelf and started taking photos around the house, while having coffee and toast. It kept me busy for a couple of hours. It was all I needed to feel better again.
You might also like
3 Comments
I love your columns and I love Amsterdam. I have be enjoying your posts for a while. I visit Amsterdam usually twice per year to visit a friend. She graciously allows me into her life to enjoy this great place. You capture the feeling I experience when I anticipate flying to Amsterdam and discovering something new each time I visit. I love the Jordaan, lap swimming at Marnixbad, and sitting along the canals taking it all in. Keep up your good work.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Allen! And happy to hear you like Amsterdam and can enjoy it so often.
Buna, iti urmaresc de cativa ani blogul/pagina de FB si desi nu comentez, imi place foarte mult, atat franturile din Romania (si mai ales din Bucuresti, care si mie imi lipseste) cat si cele din Amsterdam sau din alte calatorii. Eu locuiesc in Deventer. Am o intrebare (un pic stupida, avand in vedere ca nu ne cunoastem): de unde ai noptierele? Tot caut ceva de genul asta de ceva timp si nu gasesc… mersi 😉