Wim Harwig

Maand: juli 2012

  • humming old songs …

    … from summers long ago.  The sunny summer days we’re having now, remind me of old songs I heard in my youth. These are some of the songs I’ll remember even when I’m 84 and living in a home for the elderly ….  too old to die young! and this last song, reminds me of…

  • grow bicycles …..

  • I wanted to be a drummer …

    … when I first heard Pink Floyd . That was 40 years ago. Other boys of my age were playing with a guitar (to impress the girls), but I wanted to be a drummer. Never had the money to buy  the instruments and never had the guts nor discipline to have lessons. Today, for the…

  • Meanwhile in Puerto Rico ….

    … the movement for urban cycling grows bigger and bigger. vimeoplayer http://vimeo.com/43485052#

  • Woody

    1oo years ago Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma …. One of the recent covers by Neil Young of This Land is Your Land. An interview with his children …  I’m waiting for his novel “House of Earth” mentioned by Douglas Brinkley.

  • old recipe

    Krentenwegge is bread baked according to an old recipe , but I like it !  It’s the best food for velomobilists …….

  • can’t get it out of my mind

    Marco shared a short clip on G+ and now I can’t get this old tune out of my head. It keeps repeating in my mind ….. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins first performed it since 1956. but the mimics of Jimmy Slonina in the clip that Marco shared is spectacular ! I agree with Michelle who said;…

  • Five Fingers

    Yesterday I bought these “shoes” , just because I was curious how they would “feel”. Well, you don’t feel them at all ! It is as if you forgot to put your shoes on ……   But although I only wear them for two days now, I already know that I like them a lot.…

  • my brothers 73th birthday …

    My mentally disabled brother, Johan is 73 years old now … So a small part of the family came together at Boshuis 3 . A pity Jaap couldn’t be there, but that’s the trouble with Harwigs … they spread out all over the world !