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Listening to: Chiquitita by Abba.

To do: Dutch language homework. The class this coming weekend is the last one! How do I translate: There is nothing to say? (Please don’t tell me, I’m just thinking aloud.)

Current favourite Dutch word: de tentoonstelling – exhibition. Last week’s favourite word was knoflookteen – garlic clove.

Thinking about: The week ahead. This week we have three things on in the evenings. Tonight, birthday dinner. Tomorrow night, dinner with librarians. Thursday night, een tentoonstelling van mijn vriendin (a friend’s exhibition). And I have four new staff members starting today.

Currently reading: Voices by Arnaldur Indridason. Verdict: uncertain. I may have found a new favourite Icelandic author (as in Henning Mankell is my favourite Swedish crime fiction author). Next on To Read list: Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino. The Keys to the Street by Ruth Rendell. Surrender by Sonja Hartnett. The Murray Whelan Trilogy by Shane Malone. Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon.

Now: breakfast. Mango, orange, banana, pear.