still life/pomegranates

Still Life With Turkey Pie

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October 14th 2010
Amsterdam is full of sidewalk cafes and, at one of them, I manage to do some shameless eavesdropping. A wisp of a conversation floats across the table, from a middle-age woman who is speaking to her six-year-old grandson. "We had a lovely visit at the Rijksmuseum. Didn't we, my darling?" I hear the scraping of a chair and the clanking of cutlery against some glassware. "Don't you like y ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more