Martin in action

I'm finally showing you a picture of Martin in action! :) The picture is characteristic as there's a lot of dishwashing and polishing to be done each day.

Yesterday I watched "Lion King" with the children, remember the "Circle of Life" song? (Yes, my son, we eat the antelopes, but when we die, we become grass, and the antelopes eat the grass...)

Everything in life goes in circles, or cycles, and there's possibly no better place to discover that than in gastronomy. Each dish moves along a circular path from the shelf to the table, from there to the tray, to the sink, to the dishwasher, to the trolley, and back to the shelf, and on and on... and there are various sub-cycles and co-cycles attached, and hundreds of other paths (from food to bed linen), and they are all in a way circular.

It's now a week that I'm here and I'll be staying for another week -- so beware of more philosophy "coming round"! ;)

On the other photo I'm sharing today you can see my friendly hosts, the Everson family: left to right - Richard, Mathias, Evelyn, Katja. Yesterday (Friday) was "loud T-shirt day" and Katja won an award at school for the one she was wearing...