Saint Paulin is a creamy, mild, semi-soft French cheese made
from pasteurized cow's milk, originally made by Trappist monks.
It is a buttery cheese, but firm enough for
slicing. Saint Paulin is similar to Havarti and Esrom and is suited to serving
as a table or dessert cheese; it is often served with fruit and light wine.
Genuine Saint Paulin has an edible yellow-orange rind. It is ripened in a round
loaf with slightly protruding sides and matures in about four weeks.
Rik Delneste
(1946 - 2018), a.k.a. Nesten, was a Flemish cartoonist who specialized in drawing
caricatures of cyclists and other famous people.
He set up
the Museum of the Laugh, where his work is exhibited. Nesten painted murals,
painted on cars and many other “canvasses”. The paintings of Nesten are a
well-known often seen on the windows of cafes, especially in the south of West
Flanders.
Together
with Donaat Deriemaeker he presented the Summer in Nesten program in the
mid-90s.
Willem Vermandere (1940 in Lauwe, Belgium) is a Belgian
singer, Flemish cabaret artist, writer, sculptor, guitarist and painter. His
songs are written and sung in the dialect of the South of West-Flanders in
Belgium.
Vermandere studied Religion at Ghent and has been a teacher
at Nieuwpoort. Although he is most known for his music, Vermandere is more
active as a sculptor. His poetic repertoire expresses criticism on society and
his performances are a mixture of seriousness, sadness and fun
In 1993 Vermandere wrote the song "Bange Blanke
Man" ("Frightened White Man"), a song criticizing racism and
xenophobia in a multicultural society. When performing at the Grand Place in
Brussels in 1992, Vermandere was physically assaulted by members of the
far-right party Vlaams Blok and became a subject of hate mail.
In 2000 he was bestowed with the title of honorary citizen
of Veurne, where he currently lives in the suburb of Steenkerke. In 2009 the
Flemish ‘Radio 2’ station nominated him as a member of the Gallery of Honour.
Paris. Café Lacour, Rue St-Paul by Peter Turnley, 1976
Odd Einarson, 1976
Jacques Chirac talking with a neighbor in the countryside of Correze. 1976
Leonard Cohen Photos taken in Paris 1976 by Claude Gassian
Friday, March 20, 2020
This morning, the complete stock of South Pacific Berets moved from the warehouse in the city to our house in Khandallah, up in the hills overlooking the harbour. Not just because of COVID-19, but it certainly played a role. Despite us being reasonably lucky in Aotearoa – New Zealand, so far, there is no doubt that things will get worse. Already, no humans can get in and out of the country anymore and who knows what will happen to domestic movements in the (near) future. This afternoon I had a meeting with NZ Post and I am assured that there are no plans to shut down cargo traffic going outside the country, but the expectation is that some countries, like Italy at present, won’t deliver parcels from overseas. It may be a very good time now to buy that beret that you so much want – I guarantee it will ship within 1 business day! A very good time to wear a Reality Shield; the movers know this too now!
Daan Kolthoff is a writer, living between the hills of Wellington, New Zealand and, when not writing, meditating or walking the hills, he is usually researching, reading about or ordering berets from around the world.
