Leiden and Jackie. March 2026. The Mexican run.
Babies and Great Grandmothers
April 5, 2026
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Bluebells Bloom 2026
April 5, 2026
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First sign. March 8.
Three days later. March 11 buds.
Very first lonesome bluebell March 11.
March 14 more coming in.
And the first swamp marigold of the year. March 14.
March 24. Starting to go.
Looking hearty 3.25
Star of Bethlehem 3.25
Yellow starting to pop 3.25
The bloom is spreading 3.25
3.29 getting into full swing
Sharing with romey 3.29
3.31 Tiptoe through the bluebells.
3.31 coming in strong but not the peak
3.31
Moonshine loves to walk 3.31
And some yellow 3.31
April 1st. Maybeline is not fooled.
The beginning of the peak 4.1
4.3 walking and talking
4.3 The peak
4.3 anomaly
fin
Tree Down on the Trail
April 5, 2026
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It’s great to have a trail on the monastery. The only problem is monks don’t have chainsaws. So, time to get ours out!
Silver Bullet Rides Again
April 1, 2026
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On Episode 155 of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, BIML’s Gary McGraw hosts Giovanni Vigna. Giovanni talks about the evolution of software exploit and AI, what has happened in the security field since 2011 (and episode 65), getting inside connectionist networks to see what is actually happening, and what it means to be a human hacker with intuition and intention.
More Thoughts About Bruge
March 4, 2026
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Ancient home of the rich. All silted in.
Pompous palaces
Boats full of tourists
Sugar in the air
Friendly dogs
Beautifully cooked steaks
Nighttime magic to close the trip
Champagne in a Kir Royale by the fire.
Fin.
Climbing the Tower in Bruges
March 4, 2026
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If you’ve seen In Bruges, you’ve seen this tower. And you’ve thought about falling off of it.
In fact, you need to see In Bruges before you come to town.
The climb up is 366 steps and was not design with American litigation lawyers in mind.
The carilon is loud.
And very mechanical
Yonder lichtervelde.
Yonder Leuven.
Formidable guards
Tourists crawling like ants high on sugar
A panorama
If you have a friend who lives in Lichtervelde and has never been up the tower you can drag him up.
A Boat in Bruges
March 4, 2026
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Some of us have been to bruge 4 or 5 times. Others 10,000. Still others once. But we all got on the same boat, and it was great.
We found an opportunistic window of blue sky.
Swans
Churches are a thing. Were a thing.
Our hotel and the famous tower
Tourism is fun!
SCW sighting in Bruges
March 4, 2026
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Pinball Wizard Lives in Lichtervelde
March 3, 2026
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Chez Madou was a respite and a calm retreat after our Amsterdam extravaganza. Ahhh. No rum thing this time…which probably would have killed us anyway.
Sitting by the wood stove as Spring unfolds behind us. Talking and laughing and just being together.
There is pinball.
Views from the guestroom.
Did we mention pinball?
We can’t wait to return and walk again with the dogs.
