*Until I'm back with more stories of life on board and on land, here are my three books in the event that anyone is interested in learning more about my travels and adventures, not to mention those of little Arie, whose daily existence was uncannily similar to that of my own Koos. More information about my writing work can be found on www.rivergirl.nu and http://breedingeccentrics.blogspot.com
And this, dear blogger friends, is going to be my last post for a goodly long while! I wrote this story with my tongue firmly in my cheek, but in fact, I have been finding the Internet to be far too compulsive and, like dear Bookworm Stefan, a waste of my real time and real life, so I've decided to go 'cold turkey' and switch it off for a while. I have a book to finish, a thesis to finish, things to make and sew, exhibitions to see, travels to take and not least of these, a huge amount of work to do in the coming months. I also still have email, so would love to hear from you there, but apart from this, I won't be around. Thanks for everything, and I mean that. My blogger pals have become real friends in many cases, and I would love to think I will meet more of you in the real world too.
In the words of Arnie (the terminator) Schwarzenegger: I'll be back.
