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Location

I live in the neighborhood of Feijó, in the city of Almada (2) in Portugal. Just a train/ferry/bus ride away from Lisbon and the beaches. I share a comfy apartment with a French young man, a Colombian lady and a French lady, and my cat Shady. We are all sort-of digital nomads and work from home – when we are not elsewhere for a long time.

Work

I am available for freelance jobs on Upwork.com and mostly active as a local English Language Coach and remotely operating translator, copywriter and proofreader.

Volunteering

I volunteer twice a week at the local food bank of Refood in Almada. Volunteer work is valuable for me because it allows me to make a positive impact on my local community, welcome new meaningful social connections, and develop new skills, all while gaining personal fulfillment (and learning better Portuguese).

Pet

This is my cat Fifty Shady (2014), who came along from Cambodia.

Projects

  1. Republishing every post and photo of the Letmestayforaday.com-website. Like literally going through every post and editing every photo to a new and better system that can keep things fresh and safe for another 20 years.
  2. The Quiet Reader, an online literary magazine that I founded in 2020. Revamped and relaunched it last Spring with a new edition in the planning for September.
  3. Expedition Kilimanjaro, the tour company I have been running since 2008. Yes, that’s for over 16 years and I can’t stop telling people to get up that mountain themselves. Now in 4 different languages.
  4. Writing Als het vuur gedoofd is (After the flames have died), a Dutch writing project, that could perhaps once come out as an adventurous novel or a movie script.
  5. On the former website of The Flicks Community Movie House, which I ran from 3 locations in the Cambodian capital for 12 years, I still post recommended movies for fans of the better movies. Previously including download links, but that’s become highly illegal nowadays :-p

Watching

Movies: The last movie I watched: Wolfs
Series: Still watching Women in Blue (Mexico) and following English Teacher, Tusla King, 9-1-1 and Nobody Wants This.

Reading

My Goodreads keeps track of what my Kindle has been going through lately.

Dreaming of

– A vinyl record player. One that also plays on Bluetooth. With an enormous record collection, also. That’s an even bigger dream.
– An espresso machine!

Socials

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