Last weekend, all my three boys were there. I knew that my middle son Maarten would come from Stockholm on Sunday night, because of his travel, but then my oldest son Roland arrived from San Diego last Friday night and suddenly, my youngest son Arjan and his fiancee Katie from C ... Continue Reading
Today, (Monday, August the 1st) I had my 3rd chemo. Everything went well. You are there the whole day, but they take good care of you. The medications also keeps you going. So, I quickly want to show you some pictures of the decorations I finished on 3 big plates. They are still ... Continue Reading
All my hair is gone. I looked very old and sick with just some hair and bold patches, so, Adriaan helped me with shaving it off. It looks much better and young again and Adriaan thinks I am a model now! I get to play with lots of scarfs, hats and wigs and this one is a Dutch ... Continue Reading
This week, I would have had an exposition during the “Happymaker” Festival at Koyasan, a sacred center of the Shingon Buddhism. Mount Koya is a 900 meter high plateau surrounded by eight peaks. The eight peaks are thought to represent the eight petals of a lotus in ... Continue Reading
This month I would have been on a visiting pottery tour in China organized by Guangzhen “Po” Zhou. Of course, I could not join, but Po Zhou was so wonderful to take pictures of my Kamakura-red Bamboo Teapot, which is permanently displayed in the exhibition hall for internati ... Continue Reading
This is the view from my potter’s wheel when I open the garage door. I feel so lucky. The parking space is a beautiful dance floor for some exercise. When I look out the window of our kitchen/shower the bunnies are hopping around and yesterday, I saw a hare running like cr ... Continue Reading
The weather is quite beautiful at the moment: the sun shines and the temperature is around 80F and at night it cools off so you can sleep very well. The second surgery went very well and the margins are clear. So, we are very happy about that! First mile stone and the surgery ch ... Continue Reading
At the moment, I read quite a lot about breast cancer. They have quite some support groups at Stanford Hospital and also in the Bay Area. It is just wonderful to see how much support there is. Last Wednesday, I went to the Breast Awareness group guided by the nurse of my surgeon. ... Continue Reading
Well, I met with the oncologist, the 2nd opinion doctor, and the surgeon and the great news is that my lymph nodes are free form cancer!!! This is wonderful!!:) The surgeon removed the cancerous mass, but in the margin around are still pre-cancerous cells DCIS, so, that mean ... Continue Reading
Flowers from my sons Roland, Maarten and Arjan and their better halves Cameryn, Mindy and Katie. Thank you so much! Love you all!!!!! . Continue Reading
