by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
With all the soul searching I have been undergoing resulting in my recent decision to seperate from my loving husband of 20 years, I have been thinking a lot about the nature of relationships and our sacrosanct concept of soul mate and partner for life. Slipping on...
by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
Daunting!!! Once upon a time… I wanted to write a book, but am finding it overwhelming whereas a blog is a good start. My idea is to try and be sane (notice I do not say “remain”sane!) by downloading thoughts and emotions, sometimes light, sometimes...
by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
February 2003: Impossible to leave our three year posting in Uganda without tracking the Gorillas: so here we are. By 8am Erik-Jan and I are about to set out in our best safari gear to brave hours of tracking in sweltering conditions, slithering in foul smelling...
by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
The other day at table, my 17 year old son commented on how glad he was not to be a woman. Glad not to have to go through childbirth, periods, hair dramas etc..Fair enough. But it made ME realize how much I would have missed not being a woman. Yes, childbirth was...
by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
Through a wonderful set of coincidences I ended up at the promotional evening of restaurant Mazie in a small, charming side-street of the Noordeinde, oozing History and character. The theme of the evening “when East meets West” was brainchild of cook Takis Panagakis,...
by Julie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2017
Whilst reporting recently at a large social event, I came across photographer Danielle Regout. Energetic and charming we struck up a conversation and found living around the world was a common thread (Danielle was born in Latin America, lived in Canada and Poland...