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hetty-rowan
@hetty-rowan Nov 19, 2025, 1:51 PM UTC

Surviving amidst code, cold, art, dog drama, and those damn product photos

I AM still alive As someone may have noticed, it's been very quiet on my blog these past few months, and by very quiet, I simply mean... NO blogs. There were several reasons for this: the desire to b…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 23, 2025, 6:28 PM UTC

Going Nuts!

# Dreading Autumn Every year, I dread autumn, which hasn't diminished in recent years; quite the opposite. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the ever-shortening days and the ever-len…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 21, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC

Chili Ever After

# Our Infinity Pepper Adventure So, our annual pepper adventure starts in February. While the rest of the world is still bundled up and dreaming about sunny days, we're already getting our hands dirt…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 19, 2025, 3:59 PM UTC

Skipper In The Bipper

# From now on, Skipper can ride in the Bipper. We've enjoyed our little Suki for a long time, our faithful little Suzuki Alto. A brave city slicker, always a faithful starter, always frugal, and smal…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 17, 2025, 9:17 AM UTC

The Account of Inequality

# The Price of Inequality Yesterday it was "Prinsjesdag" in the Netherlands. The good news that dominated the news was that it was said that everybody would benefit from an increase in purchasing pow…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 16, 2025, 9:17 AM UTC

Roadside Trash. The Disintegration Of Our Decency

I am genuinely tired of it. Daily, in my neighborhood, the North Brabant countryside, I see how humans are careless with their garbage. As if the roadside is the dustbin, as if nature can be used as…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 12, 2025, 6:08 PM UTC

A Day Like Many Others

# Things Didn't Quite Work Out Today I had a rough idea of what I would do and what I needed to do. I had the idea that today, like every day this week, I would be working on our website again. A s…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 9, 2025, 7:23 AM UTC

Yesterday Was A Green Day!

# Time Is Flying Until a few weeks ago, I already knew what we were doing and our future plans, but I hadn't anticipated how much further I'd come. Where I initially encountered certain obstacles tha…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 5, 2025, 7:38 PM UTC

Suddenly I'm a Jack of All Trades?

# Easy Peasy! Sometimes I think: how hard can it be? You apply for a domain name, choose a nice color, add some text, and you're done. Right? Well… no. Once that domain name was secured, the fun real…

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@hetty-rowan Sep 3, 2025, 10:01 AM UTC

Skipper's New Favorite Toy

Sometimes things go well, sometimes they don't. Our kettle seemed to be on the verge of reaching the end of its lifespan. I don't know what it is about kettles these days; they certainly don't last a…

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