Things to get you through a European Winter

So begins the start of European winter, although it is technically still Autumn. How very cold and wet it is in this beautiful country, and how hard it will be to boost morale through the shivering! To survive (already) the coldest winter I have ever experienced, I prescribe for myself:

• To read: A Spy in the House of Love, Anaïs Nin

• To drink: Zoete Spaanse red wine

• To listen: This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 2005 Remaster, Talking Heads *
  * in fact, any Talking Heads song could substitute here

• To have: A crush, and her warm hand to hold through the night

• To wear: Mittens, and one of those cute headbands to go over your ears

• To host: A dinner party, to cook and make mess with all of your friends

• To use: A digital camera, to cherish all of the sweet warm moments which will get you through such dreary temperatures <3

I suspect I will need to follow up on this post, considering how endlessly long this Dutch Winter is predicted to be. Many more morale boosters to come!

For now with love, Hannah