An Ode to my Friends

The temperature is rising, the sun is shining, the Gulf Arabs have all departed – upon advise of their governments – which will most certainly enhance our traffic situation in town but probably not our economy, another month and school’s out, and my sailing endeavor is taking off, so what more could you possibly need?

Friends.

Friends to hang out with. And so this is an ode to my friends. The friends of the HRC (Hadile, shall I mention you by name, even though you so harshly abandoned us? :), the friends at work, my Dutch friends, my local friends, my friends in Holland, My blog friends, my FB friends ("ahum") my SIL, who, although family, should count as a friend. Because a life without friends is empty. And so, an ode to friends.