Where would you be without your hairdresser? Lost. Lost in the furthest corner of your house. Crying. With a scarf wrapped around your head. My hairdresser is called André And he works wonders with his scissors. I met him when I was 25 and still a student. I had to save up [...]
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On perfect mothers
Kitty Kilian, Perfect Mother, Mixed media, 17 x 24 cm, 2011 I am sure you expected to be one, too. A perfect mother. Why else have kids? To make them just as miserable as you yourself were when you were 8, 12, 16? Sure, I am exaggerating. But only just a little Of [...]
…And yet another website: The Blog Salon
My arms are a lot better, thanks, but still no new art from me. The reason is: two friends and I have started a new blog here in Holland (De Blogsalon.nl) since we realised, after doing some research, that Holland hardly knows the phenomenon of guestblogging. Even worse: there are hardly any blogs that [...]
Oliebollen and an update
Oliebollen van at the Neude, town center. Picture by KK. Oliebollen: balls of dough the size of meatballs, fried and served hot with icing sugar. Traditionally a New Years dish You know the year is drawing to a close in Holland when oliebollen vans arrive, all over the country. Well, they have arrived. Made me [...]
10 unwritten blog posts I yearn to read
How to write a blog that is so witty it makes Sonia Simone smile Why social networks are not a waste of time after all How to become a better cook in five minutes Why content sucks The most important thing about life – that everyone is keeping from you The secret to becoming a [...]
Can you lift a jar of peanut butter?
Jan van Kampenhout, click image for link Can you lift a jar of peanut butter? Ten years ago, I couldn’t. I could not lift a pot full of soup either. Let alone my then two-year-old son. Around the year 2000 I had been working on my computer non-stop for about fifteen years, while I [...]
A Shakespearean sonnet for a bitch
Here’s the sonnet. (Shakespearean,: 10 syllables to each line, 3 quatrains followed by a couplet of two lines with volta). And for those of you who missed the blog post in which I mention Ming-Zhu and her use of language, click here. A sonnet for a bitch who says fuck One day I [...]
I finally earned the respect of my youngest son
I finally earned the respect of my youngest son. I put a QR-code on my new business cards, something he did NOT YET HAVE AN APP FOR. He put one on his Iphone, scanned the code, checked it out and it works. (Of course it does!) You can get your own free QR-code here.
Prints framed
Small version of ‘She had decided she did not like sex’ My arms were aching yesterday so I took a day off of the computer. I finally got round to framing some of my latest prints. And to photograph them, while the sun was out. I had two frame sizes made, one for the small [...]
Hilarious picture of a curious cat
A Japanese friend – Katsuhito Yagi – just sent us pictures from his stay with us. On one of his walks he took this hilarious picture of a Dutch cat.
10 things I expected out of life when I was 10 but did not get
Kitty Kilian, ‘And you think YOUR family’s dysfunctional?’, mixed media, 10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 When I was ten I expected lots of things to happen when I grew up – these are the things that didn’t: I would be smashingly beautiful I would be very, very sensible I would marry [...]
Do you want to be my rolemother?
(It’s not about seduction any longer)
Kitty Kilian, It is not about seduction any longer, mixed media, 17 x 24 cm Last week I did something brave. Something daring. Some would probably say: and stupid. Well, sometimes you just have to take your chances in life, and act. So I did: I added my year of birth to my Linkedin [...]
Artist in improbable work clothes
Judith Leyster (1609-1660), Dutch, self portrait (ca. 1632), oil on canvas. Artist work clothes I don’t know about you, but when I paint I put on an apron. I have ruined many a good sweater by smearing acrylics onto it. So honestly, do you think Judith Leyster could have worn her immensely costly linnen collar [...]
10 things my teenage sons say to me
Kitty Kilian, Mama niet zeiken / Mom, piss off. Stamps on label. Mom, don’t touch your hair when you are with me. Your arms are ugly. It is no use explaining anything to you, your brain is too old. You guys are the most boring parents I know. I am not looking forward to [...]
Really ought to give up coffee.. But then wat?
Yes this is my kitchen. And yes I ought to give up coffee. It wakes me up, but other than that it is not doing me any favours. On the contrary. So.. no coffee for me today..
New old pictures, finally catching on to hipstamatic
My muesli bowl after breakfast Reading the Saturday paper on Monday .. and in the saturday paper I rerad about the Hipstamatic app. It takes pseudo-old pictures. Makes them nice and blueish. And tried it. And yes, it is great fun!
National Yard Sale Day in Holland: Koninginnedag, Utrecht 2011
In Holland, April 30 is national yard sale day. Actually it is the day we celebrate the birthday of our queen (yet actually it is her mom’s birthday) – hence the abundance of orange. The queen, if you must know, claims to descend from the house of Orange. Oh well – suffice it to say [...]
Our garden today
Yeah, I know, it’s nicer than snow. Let’s not think about global warming for a sec.
Old Ontario farmhouse
Chum showed me the Ontario farmhouse house she grew up in. Her 94 year old mother lived there until a short time ago. But even she could not say where the doll with the cracked face came from, that we found on the upper floor. ‘It’s been there forever’, her mom said. the kitchen Chum [...]
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