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  • The one about how being present turns you into the present

    by Hildegard van Nylen ·

    I said no, last week. Just “No”. Inspired by a quote by this week’s birthday gall Jane Fonda:”No can be a complete sentence.” What a woman. Right? I wanted to do so many things,…

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  • The one about being a New Yorker

    by Hildegard van Nylen ·

    I just read about Peter Stuyvesant, and that he was the founder of “Nieuw Amsterdam”, so of New York. Well, ain’t that interesting? I mean… Just some random facts in a tourist…

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  • The one about compliments

    by Hildegard van Nylen ·

    For some reason, I’ve been interested in happiness since I was a kid. When I was nineteen, I started studying it like a science and practicing it like I did with the rest of my…

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  • The one about she's funny that way

    by Hildegard van Nylen ·

    A few years ago I’d really been looking forward to see a movie ”soon, in a theatre near me”, as soon as I’d watched it’s trailer for the first time: “She’s Funny That Way”. Any…

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  • The one about my new friend: Katharine Hepburn

    by Hildegard van Nylen ·

    I want to introduce you to my new friend. Her name is: Katharine Hepburn. -I know: she’s an actress, famous all over the world even now, 15 years after she’s left this pretty blue…

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