Monday, January 24, 2005

Midnight

At 12 pm CET we all knew the worldchampion speedskating sprint is Erben Wennemars.
And he was happy. For the second time world's best speedskater. The best Dutch speedskater ever. Superlatives everywhere, but this weekend he was the best. Unfortunately another Dutchman, Olympic Champion Gerard van Velde fell on his first 1000 meter. However the mayor threat for the defending champion was Jeremy Wotherspoon. But he was overwhelmed by the adrenaline shot of the Dutchman.

I woke up, noticed it snowed in the night, went to work and made one picture on my way to work.
This is a Dutch winter, no snow at all. It's white but cocaine is white too.
And now when the sun sets and the land is dark and contrast with the deep blue clear sky the white powder has gone, the roofs are dry and the streets are wet and fellow citizens and I are not stoned.
But snow, no. Let it snow Caren!
Men spoke -let there be snow-. And there was snow. If it could be so simple...