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Hurricane MARIA – September 2017

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Willi

Luckily, Nevis was not at all affected from hurricane IRMA 2 weeks ago. Neighboring island like Barbuda, Antigua, St. Martin and St. Barth were heavily damaged though. Hurricane MARIA came in on a slightly different path, hit Dominica in a … Continue reading →

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Year-in-Review 2016: – Happy New Year 2017 – Letter to family & friends

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Willi

La Tour de Peilz, 18th December 2016 Dear friends, This is the very first time in 22 years since my retirement in 1994 that I am writing this note from Switzerland and not from the Caribbean, the reason being the … Continue reading →

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2017 Year of the Rooster

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Willi

The Chinese do not place too much importance on the Rooster as they do on a number of the other zodiac animals. It is nevertheless said that the Rooster can get into a human being in order to impose good … Continue reading →

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2nd Update Uschi

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Willi

Deutsch Heute werde ich die 8. Therapie bekommen. Es ist leider nicht mehr so wie es in den Anfängen der Behandlung war, als ich mich nur in der ersten Woche schlecht fühlte mit Erbrechen und ich oft auch starken Durchfall … Continue reading →

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1st Update Uschi

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Willi

Deutsch Die erste Chemotherapie fand wie geplant am 11. Juli nachmittags statt, 4 Stunden Infusion. Die Banane entpuppte sich eher wie eine Handgranate, welche eine kleine Pumpe enthielt plus den für mich kreierte Spezialmix, die sie während 2 Tagen in … Continue reading →

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2016 Year of the Monkey

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Willi

The monkey was first worshiped in return for some supposed services rendered to the individual who went to India, by special command of an Emperor of the Tang dynasty, to obtain the Sacred Books of the Buddhist religion. This Emperor … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2016 – Year-in-Review 2015: Letter to family & friends

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Willi

Nevis W.I., December 19th, 2015 Dear Friends, As usual, we started the New Year of 2015 in our house in Nevis and also as usual, we old folk stayed there till mid-March when we took a speed boat over to … Continue reading →

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2015 Year of the Goat

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Willi

The Chinese calendar – which existed there already since around 2000 BC- was adopted by Japan from around the 6th century AD, together with Buddhism. The Zodiac has an influence on the character of mankind. Each of the 12 ‘animals’ … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2015 – Year-in-Review 2014: Letter to family & friends

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Willi

Nevis W.I., December 12th, 2014 Dear Friends, We again started the New Year of 2014 in our house in Nevis and as usual, we old folk stayed in there till mid-March when we took a speed boat over to Reggae … Continue reading →

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Argentina 2014 – Fireland

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Willi

This time, our neigbhour in Nevis and good friend Eric Lamb, a man who has been around the world with his heavy bike now stationed somewhere near Andermatt in Switzerland where he has a wonderfully equipped pied-a-terre, has visited that … Continue reading →

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