Today I had a lot to do in the garden by the sea...
I also swam, played ping pong, and soccer...
I keep most of the content I share with the family of the Princess private (by email), without resharing this content on this blog.
If for a reason or another you are related to Annelies and wish to receive this content in order to help, please feel free to write me and to ask...
In front of the barnhouse this evening, I speak of how nature and plants inspire the novels Annelies and I co-write...
Today I recorded my video from inside the living room, as I had strong and important words to say to Red-Oak.
Albetta, his mother, is too small to have little ones (she is around 8 months old), but she made Mielino live for one week, and did something unique. For several days they inhabited inside the beehive in the tree trunk in the garden (the bees left three months ago). Fortunately, Albetta now consoled herself with her little cat brothers and sisters who are three months old.
Also, all our other cats consoled her.
(Albetta was born at the same time as Boscolino and Ventino).
From the garden by the sea...
Also, read "An anonymous contact" on the blog of Annelies: https://anneliesbroeders.blogspot.com/2025/06/an-anonymous-contact.html
Albetta and Boscolino found a new house in the garden...
You can read my new Linkedin post called "Listen to plants": https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7340704208335069186/
Today I showed you the progress of the sweet potatoes and passion fruits I planted three weeks ago...
Today, I wanted to show you the beach in Amchit, below the garden of my grandparents by the sea...
The rest of my communication to Red-Oak is as usual, private.
From the garden...
Exceptionally, I will share with you what I've written Red-Oak and family today in a private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/what-i-wrote-red-oak-and-family/
The password is the same as I used to use before.
I write Red-Oak every day but usually keep the content of what I write private.
From the garden around our house...
And this is my installation to dry fruits naturally with sunlight: mulberries and apricots in the picture. I built several installations of the kind with old windows I recycled, on the rooftop of our house...
@Red-Oak: our chess game continues...
Today (national holiday) we went to the garden by the sea, where I recorded my video showing you the progress of my raised bed and the landscape around...
To reach my aim, to allow true love to triumph, I believe in the power of writing, under all its forms.
This is why I also write under other pseudonyms, poetry, stories, etc.
The family of the Faerie Princess (Annelies) knows about those other platforms, but I haven't shared them here on the blog I daily write for the readers who are interested to follow this story.
This is an explanatory writing: https://justiceinylliriel.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/de-prins-van-liesbos-part-1/
And this is one of the other platforms where I write and may post more: https://deprinsvanliesbos.blogspot.com/
All this is done in agreement with my twin soul (Annelies Broeders), along this hard and long path of helping her heal from her trauma, and being reunited together.
Her entourage has read these writings days / weeks ago. As they formulated no objection, I share them here too.
From the garden... Showing how I am trying to protect my chayotte zucchini from the birds that eat its leaves!
From the garden this evening...
And some words for you Red-Oak, under the video.
Exceptionally I will not send you an email today, Red-Oak, to remind you that in addition of reading the words I send you directly, you have the obligation to come read the blogs and the various public and private platforms to which you have access, as I do not always notify you of what I post, and where.
As you receive every single day an email from me at this precise hour, I am showing you (once again) that I also know how to use silences to communicate in an impactful way. Not receiving an email will unsettle you this time, and if you look for explanations, you will find this precise post.
My silence, today, is not a step backward, but on the contrary a blunt move aiming to show you how ridiculous your position currently is.
Do you want the welfare of your daughter, Red-Oak?
Or are you only concerned by your own welfare and little comfort?
You know the answer already. This is not a real question. Only one answer is acceptable. And you know which one.
Today I had to kill a snake, a large one, just in front of the barnhouse...
From the garden by the sea...
You received another, longer video that I recorded only for you, Red-Oak (and entourage of the Princess, Annelies). That second video is private.
Today I show you the progress of one of my largest raised beds in front of the barnhouse...
As I recorded the video with my cellphone and did not compress it, its size is too large to upload it here. So instead you can watch it on google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZVXQOA6N0OUe9NoYSHKXSQRFxLtf_Wop/view?usp=drive_link
Today I show you the same area of the garden as yesterday and the day before, to show you my little plants afterwards. You can watch my video on this google drive link (its size was too large to be uploaded):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yo_htQeGVP2XslRdC7xnHmm4ikGO5kcz/view?usp=drive_link
A serious talk from the garden by the sea.
Red-Oak, even if you do not want to, you will have to hear me. Your own conscience will not tolerate what happened when you will finally understand the depth of your mistake.
Harvesting mulberries from the lower part of the garden...
The mistake Red-Oak did 6 years ago, judging me so harshly even before knowing me, is deeply humiliating for him now, that he sees on a daily basis who I am, as well as the environment in which I live. Red-Oak is now understanding how deep, absurd, and embarrassing is his mistake, a grave fault from his side.
A fault that gives me the right to ASK and make demands, not for me (a handshake is enough), but for Annelies.
I want Red-Oak to fix what he broke in her during her childhood.
And it is precisely because of the unfairness of what he did to me that Red-Oak right now has no other option but listening, and accepting all this (public) criticism silently.
Showing the passion fruits garlands from the rooftop of the barnhouse...
I recorded my daily video from the living room this evening, as I had a very busy day !
Speaking of my research about plants in the garden...
I did my video today in front of the barnhouse, keeping it short as you have more important videos to watch, dear Red-Oak.
I also picked 2 kg of mulberries and did a bitter orange ice-cream that delighted my family.
Today I recorded my daily video from a different angle, after running 4 kilometers, along the beach. It was much less warm than yesterday (yesterday temperatures were in between 18° and 29°C, today in between 16°C and 23°C, which is more like the seasonal average).
Today I recorded my daily video after my jogging. It was a unusually warm day.
A parrot from the neighborhood visited our garden by the sea...
Also, the Princess, Annelies, has asked me not to step one centimeter backward. The only way to write a happy ending to this story is to be courageous, to be blunt, to be firm and to bring down this cultural wall of silence.
And everyone is responsible for this wall of silence in the entourage of Annelies. Of course, Red-Oak carries a heavier share of the responsibility. But Green-Rose, Little-Flute and all the others are responsible too.
They know an unfairness has been committed, yet, they are silent.
And this is not a fair behavior.
Annelies is trapped in her childhood trauma, a phobia is a really bad thing. And she needs their help, she needs their understanding. A help and an understanding they do not want to give, or they want to give at their own conditions. Which Annelies refuses.
Anyway, despite the fact that Red-Oak has an important title, he is the one to be in a position of weakness, and he cannot do anything, because, he knows that he would have everything to lose by doing so. Questioning his reputation as an Earl is the last thing he wishes for.
This is the reason for which, at the end, there will be a happy epilogue to this story. Red-Oak has no other choice but reading, reading everything, and one day, things will assemble in his mind, and he will understand what he should do to help Annelies heal.
I've made interesting discoveries about passion fruit cultivations, throughout my research and experimentations...
The harvest of mulberries started ten days ago. I every two days harvest around 1 kg of mulberries.
From the garden today - it rained with a thunderstorm just after recording my video...
It seems that the Princess wants me to increase the pressure on Red-Oak.
Even if it is not in my nature to do that, I believe that I tend too easily to forget and forgive the unfairness I was victim from. And, therefore, I will do as the Princess wishes. Red-Oak will have to let go of his pride, and his ego, and do what his daughter is asking him to do, in order to help her heal...
Today I recorded my daily video for you, dear Red-Oak, from our dining room https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AzU8H5q_zsWRvNJesZglNBxqACs5_Ayw/view?usp=drive_link
I kept it short as you have a lot of videos from yesterday to watch...
Today I recorded a video for you after my jogging, close to the sea.
I also wrote a private, password-protected post that you may read on this link: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/many-more-videos/
The password to be able to open it is the same as usual.
This post contains many more videos for you, Red-Oak.
Speaking from the garden...
You can read this private, password-protected post called "My birthday": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/my-birthday/
The password is the same as before.
Asking me to forget the Princess - Annelies - or to give up on her, or to move on, is, for me very hurtful and even insulting to hear.
It is not in one day that Rome was built. Grand and noble things need time to be built.
For me, life has no meaning, if it's not for love and for true love. The love of your family, and the love of the person who perfectly completes and complements you.
Annelies is that person for me. I recognized her, and she recognized me too. There is no doubt about that.
And if she is that person, it means that even if her family / entourage is a bit stubborn and prejudiced, they will one day or another open their eyes and understand the truth.
Even if it took time, it's worth all the efforts, because we are touching a dimension of truth that few persons touch during their life. It's fine if it takes a bit of time, because, when we will succeed, then, it will be something incredible, and we will be able to share this happiness, this wisdom, this enlightenment with others, showing them, demonstrating to them, that a way away from this materialistic society exists, and that believing in our dreams can become extremely powerful and rewarding.
Today for the first time I showed you the path from the port of Amchit to our house. The video was too large to upload (more than 100 MB), so you can view it by opening this google drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18tCH9IDfYHczJNN0utglfwogbk8E2t1s/view?usp=drive_link
It is entirely anonymous to view this video through google drive.
As I usually do, I've sent this video directly to the family of the Princess accompanied with a long email. I do not really need to post them on this blog, yet, I continue to do so, because it creates a bond with the entourage of Annelies, and allow those who follow this story to continue following it.
I believe and trust Annelies entirely.
And I even believe in Red-Oak.
Many times, my friends, and my readers, have expressed some pessimism about this story.
However, I am not in a position to accept pessimism, and instead, I reject pessimism entirely.
I will succeed in this quest, and Annelies and I will be together.
And, Red-Oak will improve as a person and create the harmony that always lacked around Annelies.
And this is not in discussion.
Those who do not believe in the betterment of human beings have a sad and gray vision of life, that I entirely refute and refuse.
As long as there is life in me, I will believe in my ideals, in my dreams and in my intuitions, very firmly.
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So, yes, Red-Oak. This is also a message for you. I believe in you.
I believe that you can become a better person, a better father, and that a deep friendship will unite us one day.
The progression of my raised bed in front of the barnhouse on the 5th of May...
From the garden by the sea...
The pressure on Red-Oak is increasing day after day, and every day my demonstration is getting a bit stronger, a bit clearer.
During my jogging at sunset...
Your position is getting weaker and weaker, Red-Oak. Slowly you are understanding how ridiculous your claims were.
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And this was the starting grid of the International Marathon of Beirut to which my brother participated and to which I used to participate: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hDanQDrDBQhy1A0TByNnQHfD_WBtyTc/view?usp=drive_link
All my google drive videos stop being available 2 weeks after I upload them (I delete them for space reasons). So if you want to watch them again, download them.
I would have run myself, if I still lived in Beirut.
Today I recorded my daily video for you in the evening, close to the sea...
And this is a password-protected post you may read: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/05/03/some-pictures-taken-in-beirut-on-easter/
The password is the same as usual.
Today, 1st of May, is a national holiday in Lebanon. And so we went to the garden by the sea, and I visited the field of wild asparagus from where I recorded my video.
From the garden - Foglia is doing better! She is almost back to her normal self. And that is a great news for me.
You can read this private, password-protected post called A new ferry line: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/a-new-ferry-line/
The password is the same as usual.
From the garden with Foglia, who slightly improved... I really hope that she will heal and recover entirely soon...
I recorded my video from the rooftop of the barnhouse today.
When everything seemed lost, Foglia returned and ate a few bites, around 22h. She is still very ill, but that gave me a bit of hope again.
After running 4 km...
Foglia has caught the same virus as Grandinetto. Despite being an adult, she is really not doing well. I'm greatly in pain for her. I tried everything I could, I spent hours with her in the garden, but she is in a really poor state. I can only pray for a miracle...
These days, I am keeping my communication with the family of the Princess private because to me it is hurtful to feel that some of those who read me do not believe in the happy end of this story, and have cynical views. I prefer not to expose this story to those who do not firmly believe that, at the end, Annelies and I will be reunited, and that both our families will be happy of our union.
After a 7 km jogging along the sea...
There are days on which I am inspired to keep my communication with Red-Oak and the entourage of Annelies entirely private. So I won't share any password-protected post today.
It is the season of loquat fruits. I, by mistake, used to call them medlar fruits, as there is an ambiguity in the translation from French or Italian to English. Nèfle / Nespola translates to medlar or loquat, which in reality are two different fruits. The correct word is loquat. I have many loquat trees I planted myself more than a decade ago. I pick 2 - 3 kgs of loquat fruits every two or three days...
You can also read "An interview", that is the title of a private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/an-interview/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my video from the rooftop of our house, as the Lebanese Army trained its helicopters. The Lebanese Army is, and has always been, a force of peace.
Happy King's Day from Beirut!
Golden-Feather, the Builder-of-Balance and the Wiseman-of-the-Sea were taking a walk in the streets of Beirut, in an iconic area of the town called St. Georges Bay, when they saw something that caught all their attention...
They immediately thought of me, and Annelies.
Read more of this story on this private, password-protected post https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/fijne-koningsdag-vanuit-beiroet/
As I completed my second super-raised bed...
@Red-Oak: This story is far from being over, quite the contrary! My struggle to let the truth be known by everyone won't stop, until when you admit your mistake and change your attitude.
Annelies will obtain all the love and the understanding she deserves, from you and from Green-Rose!
@Red-Oak: I will obtain Justice. My theories about you are proving right.
I was saying the truth all along about Annelies.
Your silence, in front of the latest email you received, shows all your powerlessness and how you've lost control over this story.
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Today I recorded two public videos for you.
The first with my little cat friends in the garden...
The second as the bells rang in Amchit for Pope Francis...
These days I prefer to keep my direct communication with the family of the Princess - Annelies - private.
I recorded my video after my jogging. Lebanon will have three days of national mourning for Pope Francis.
It is sad but in a way it consoles me that Pope Francis and Grandinetto will leave together. I believe that there is a spiritual realm beyond the material world, that we do not see. I use the metaphor of Valar, in the Lord of the Ring.
And it all happened for Easter. Too much to be a simple coincidence...
Showing my raised bed in the garden by the sea one week after planting it with seeds.
Very sadly Grandinetto did not make it, this evening. But I do not wish to speak about it.
Today I recorded my video by the sea, after my jogging, but I was not very happy and you will understand why in the video: I am worried for Grandinetto.
On second thought I decided to share my email to Red-Oak called "The touching story of Nicolas Kluisters" in a private, password-protected post that you can read here: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/the-touching-story-of-father-nicolas-kluiters/
The password is the same as usual.
Showing you my Spring salad composed of many different kinds of green leaves.
The movie about twin souls that I watched with my family is called "Ma Chi Ti Conosce?" (= But who knows you?) It is a romantic comedy directed by Francesco Fanuele (in 2024), but I don't know if an English version of it exists in case you are interested to watch it.
For Easter, we all are reunited in family, and it is the perfect opportunity to enjoy some movie nights at home!
Some days, I prefer to keep what I write to Red-Oak about Annelies and me entirely private, without sharing my emails on https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/
Today I recorded my video in the garden around our house, showing you some beautiful natural flower arrangements, among others...
I also watched a very interesting movie with my family about twin souls! I will tell you about it more tomorrow.
Today I showed several trees that started blooming / yielding fruits: pomegranate, lemon, mango, in the garden around our house, and I also showed the beehive, or rather, what is left of it, as the bees have decided to move elsewhere. My consolation would now be to find honey inside the tree trunk where they were, and I've started digging a hole in it.
You can also read "Stubborn heart" a private, password-protected post I've written, addressed to Red-Oak https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/stubborn-heart/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my daily video from the rooftop of the barnhouse, as the sun returned. It rained around 15 mm in the previous days. Not enough, but better than nothing...
This story is NOT over, Red-Oak. Even if for two days I did not write you in the private-public space of "Amchit - Dordrecht" that does not mean that I am discouraged. On the contrary, I am working on new ideas.
This story is not over, and it is not even for myself I want justice, but for Annelies, for her broken childhood. That is the most important element to me right now. I want Annelies to feel safe enough so that she can heal.
And that is your responsibility, Red-Oak.
Yours too, Green-Rose.
Try to be a little less evanescent.
Do not forget your daughter needs you. Even if she is an adult, she needs you.
Will you remain deaf to her call of distress and pain?
Today was another rainy day. I recorded my video for you from the rooftop of our house, showing you the progression of the bauhinia flowers, and the rain clouds that covered the horizon.
Your silence is a real shame, Red-Oak.
I recorded two videos for you today. The first, starting in the field of wild asparagus...
The second this evening from in front of St. Georges Church as it was Palm Sunday today.
You can find the link to watch this second video in this private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/st-georges-church/
The password to open it is the same as usual.
I recorded my first video while jogging under the rain, close to the sea.
Today was a cold, stormy day of April. I recorded my video from the rooftop of the barnhouse, showing you the bloom in the trees, and how they swayed in the wind.
You may also read this private, password-protected post called "Matilda by Roald Dahl": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/12/matilda-by-roald-dahl/
The password to open it is the same as usual.
The weather got much colder today. We will have around five consecutive days with some rain.
You may also read this private, password-protected post called "Analyzing the position of the Earl": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/analyzing-the-position-of-the-earl/
The password to open it is the same as usual.
This is a touristic promotion video created by the office of tourism in Lebanon https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JaD5jMbYIvg0xc4e0fThk9Qo6PXD1ivD/view?usp=drive_link
Hoping to see you soon here, dear Red-Oak, in company of Green-Rose, Little-Flute and Annelies, and of course, all the other members of Annelies' family and entourage are most welcome.
Today I showed you all the medlar trees of the garden, most of which I planted. It's a long and interesting video. The medlar are covered in fruits, that I need to protect from birds. I plant them for their delicious fruits, to produce nespolino (an italian recipe of liquor with the medlar fruit seeds that taste like bitter almonds) and for the flowers of the medlar that bloom in the fall, which is really good for bees.
You may also read this private, password-protected post called "Fort Orange": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/fort-orange/
The password is the same as usual.
From the rooftop of the barnhouse during a khamseen (the same word Annelies had chosen to call her legendary horse, in August 2017).
Also, you may choose to read this private, password-protected post called "How much an Earl earns": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/how-much-an-earl-earns/
But I warn you, the words I use are extremely strong. So reading you is your choice and your responsibility. Nothing forces you to.
The password is the same as usual.
From the garden around our house. I kept the video short as you have several very interesting videos from the weekend to watch carefully.
You can read "A door has started unlocking?", a private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a-door-has-started-unlocking/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I again recorded two videos. A short one, close to the sea, on a windy, cloudy day, after my jogging and picking some wild asparagus to prepare a soup with potatoes.
It is a very important video to connect the dots and to build a new bridge with the family of Annelies, as showing you my surroundings, introducing you to my family, is a way to build trust, dear Red-Oak.
This is the link toward the private password-protected post containing the video: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a-video-with-my-parents-inside-the-house-by-the-sea/
The password to open it is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my daily video at the end of my jogging along the sea, on a windy day.
You can also watch a second, special video I recorded for Red-Oak in this private, password-protected post called "A new perspective": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/a-new-perspective/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my daily video from the rooftop of the barnhouse (Thursday 3rd of April).
You can also read a private, password-protected post called "Finding in her a Godmother": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/finding-in-her-a-godmother/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my video from the rooftop of our house. The weather was mostly sunny, after the thunderstorm of yesterday evening with a bit of rain.
Today I recorded my daily video from our garden around our house, as water from the melting snow on the mountains flowed in the little canal that connects us to the River Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim), that was known since the time of the Greek Mythology.
And you can read "More about yesterday's anecdote" that is a private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/more-about-yesterdays-anecdote/
The password is the same as usual.
And I posted a new post on Linkedin that you can read here, on my Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7312797207970172930/
Today I recorded my video from the field of wild asparagus (exceptionally, as Monday was a holiday and we went to the garden by the sea with my family). But, in the wilderness, I made a quite unpleasant encounter (a snake) and you will see in the video all my surprise, as I was not really expecting that.
Also, you get 3 bonus videos today. The Wiseman-of-the-Sea recorded a special video for the family of the Princess. But while doing that, he too had a sort of disadventure, slipping from the rocks and falling (a bit into the sea), thankfully without harm for himself, but breaking the glass of his cellphone in his fall.
You can watch the videos recorded by the Wiseman-of-the-Sea on this private password-protected post https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/the-wiseman-of-the-sea-speaks-to-the-family-of-the-princess/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded two videos for you. A public one, and a special, private one, where the Wiseman-of-the-Sea very briefly and spontaneously appeared, but I do a lot of interesting talking in this second video and show you the garden by the sea just before the sunset.
This is the first video in the field of wild asparagus after running 5 km.
And this is the link toward the private, password-protected post, where you can watch my second video: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/the-flowers-of-the-garden-as-the-wiseman-of-the-sea-briefly-appears/
The password is the same as usual.
Today I recorded my video from close to the sea, that was really strong!
There is something new in my story with Annelies. Something unexpected, that I think is positive, or very positive. But for now I cannot say more about it, before understanding it entirely. What I can say is that the wall of silence is getting thinner.
At a few kilometers at the North of Amchit, there is a beautiful, historical port town called Batroun. Modern Batroun is a small town known for its historical buildings, its Phoenician Wall along the sea, its salines, and its restaurants, its pubs and its nightlife. Its lemonades are also famous. I used to often go there in my childhood, to visit again and again the narrow streets of that picturesque town, to look for pebbles and marbles on its beaches and to drink an iced lemonade.
Now, Batroun has a new mascotte: a pelican. And the fishermen and fisherwomen of Batroun even created an instagram page for their pelican, who lives on the port, freely, and strolls in the historical town. You can watch the daily adventures of the pelican on this instagram page https://www.instagram.com/bajou3etelbatroun as well as the landscapes of Batroun. Or you can search for this instagram page using the handle @ bajou3etelbatroun bajou3et means pelican, el means of (or van), and Batroun is the name of the town. This page already has almost 10 000 followers. Now the visitors who go to Batroun also wants to see the pelican.
I recorded my video today in front of the barnhouse! The weather was very hot, but it turned cloudy, windy and colder this evening.
You should read the latest posts Annelies published, they are very interesting!
You can read "A historical agreement" a private, password-protected post on: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/a-historical-agreement/
Today the temperatures climbed to be much higher than the seasonal averages, reaching 25°C. Tomorrow will be very warm too, before an important drop on Saturday, with a wind storm and a bit of rain. My video is recorded from the rooftop of our house. It is brief to give you the time to watch again the longer videos recorded for you this week (especially the video with both my parents appearing).
Also I have written a private, password-protected post that you can read on this link. It is called "The birthplace of Van Gogh": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/the-birthplace-of-van-gogh/
The password is the same as usual.
I recorded my video from the rooftop of the barnhouse today and kept it short because I want you, dear Red-Oak to watch again the video of yesterday, showing you our house, and the video of three days ago, where both my parents appeared, showing you the unity of my family, when it comes to the question of Annelies and me.
Also, today there was another good news for Lebanon. The Prime Minister (Nawaf Salam) who was a judge in the Netherlands (presiding the International Court of Justice of The Hague) has announced today the first plan to build a new civilian airport at the North of the country. We now have one international airport, in Beirut. Having a second airport will allow for more tourism, and to economically develop the North of the country. You can read this article about it: https://www.businessnews.com.
You can read on this link another private, password-protected post called "Another story about Red-Oak": https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/another-story-about-red-oak/
Enjoy your read.
And let the truth triumph.
Today I decided to connect the dots, by showing you our house in Amchit in an exhaustive way, so the video is pretty long (11 minutes). You can watch it on this google drive link (because of its size it cannot be uploaded directly here): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KF_jUrj8f9zQFtbDbG_HEaEgS6jVgGQm/view?usp=drive_link
It is made for you, Red-Oak, as you doubt of everything, and you distrust everything. You can see every single room that composes the house, including the garden and the rooftop, along with my explanations.
You can read "The Reputation of an Earl" on this private, password-protected post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/the-reputation-of-an-earl/
The password is the same as usual.
This particular blog gets in average between 200 and 600 views per month, that come from different persons, different devices, different countries. And those are only the visible views. There are various ways not to do views (vpn, ad blockers, etc.) so in reality there are many more views.
Over one year, this blog was visited 4080 times (but in reality, with the views that do not appear, this number is much greater).
This blog does not get "random" views. Usually all those who view this blog know Annelies or me. My family is not included in these views, as I share with them directly the texts I want them to read.
The last three months have been a crescendo of views, after a phase with a little less views as I was writing less.
My proposition is, for all those following this blog on a regular basis and who are touched by this story, to record a video while speaking, in a nice set up (the video can be in English for those who do not speak Dutch, or in Dutch for those who are native to the Netherlands), and to send this video to me for me to forward it to Red-Oak and the rest of the entourage of Annelies.
It's just an idea, and not a request, in the sense that if anyone is inspired by that proposition they can of course do it.
In the video you can say your name, explain your background (to show that you are a serious, trustworthy person) and then explain how you have met me (and you can speak of my family, of my siblings, or my parents, if you have met them too). Every little proof or evidence you can give in the video is welcome.
Do not do it with the expectation that this video is going to change everything, and allow for direct contact with Red-Oak. As we have seen this is a long story, and things will take the time they need to take. But such videos from those who follow this blog can be helpful. They can help Annelies and I score a few more points in the eyes of her entourage.
The video can be 5 minutes long, or even longer. It will never become public. I will only upload it to a private google drive folder, sharing the link to the video on google drive only with the five main actors of the entourage of Annelies who have been following this story all along, and receiving my emails on a daily basis.
And this is not an "obligation" in the sense that if you don't feel it, please do not do it, and you do not have to explain yourself. It's totally understandable that this story is too complex, and you don't want to get directly involved.
One last thing: as the video is on google drive, if you change your mind one day, I can in one click delete it from there.
As I've said in the past, there are 10 to 15 persons who follow this blog (excluding the entourage of Annelies and my family). Some who read it on a daily basis, some who visit this blog once per week, some who only read it from time to time. So my message is for those persons, and it's just an idea I throw on the table.
I have many other ideas that do not involve getting external help.
Also, you know that the tones I use with Red-Oak are sometimes really "hard" and "blunt". But you also know my intentions are always positive. You also know that I do not hesitate to mix fiction and reality, and that, in order to remove this wall of silence, I do not hesitate to use a lot of fierceness.
You do not to approve of all that in order to do a video, as you are not in any way responsible of what I do, but you need to be okay with it. If making it makes you uncomfortable, please forget about it, you don't need to discuss it even.
And I share this message publicly, because even such messages contribute to put pressure on Red-Oak, as, he is a distrustful, and private person. He of course does not like how this story has become public, how there is a "public trial" against him, a literary, poetic, fictional yet real "trial", and how the public who follows this "trial" can participate and even play the role of "witnesses". So the mood, the setup, play of course a role, in making Red-Oak even more fearful, prudent, pushing him to question himself and what he did.
And that is an image of how, in real courtrooms, there is also a setup that is aimed to impress the persons suspected to be guilty. So, I'm recreating this atmosphere, online, in a fictional realm.
Even if only few among of you will be willing to do this video, the very idea of it, puts more pressure to Red-Oak, as Red-Oak is scared this discover that all what I am saying is true. Each little proof that goes in this direction greatly unsettles him.
Today I recorded my video on the rooftop of the house, on a mostly sunny day.
I kept my video short as I want you, dear Red-Oak, to focus on the video I sent you yesterday where my parents appear. Watch it, and watch it again.
And do not ever dare to think this story is over, Red-Oak. What you did to Annelies in her childhood is unacceptable. Your current lack of comprehension toward her is also unacceptable.
And you are going to hear me, Red-Oak. For now, I've been kind and compassionate, and have pitied you, and I am still pitying you. But remember that this is not over, and that pity has limits. Annelies will obtain justice over her broken childhood. And you will have to hear, even if that implies being a little less nice.
And even if for you this sounds absurd: how can a child, after becoming an adult, ask for justice without having a law in her favor? Laws are made to change. Human beings are more important than laws. And you know nothing of Annelies if you think, dear Red-Oak, that she will admit defeat.
She is going to change and twist the law (even at the cost of writing a book, or a series a book about it) till when people and society take conscience that what she lived was not alright, and that a revision of the law so dear to your heart Red-Oak is necessary. A law that allowed you to wash your conscience, as each human being knows deep down what is right and what is not. When the law allows us to do what feels wrong deep inside of us, then it is a wrong law.
Today, exceptionally, I recorded two videos for you Red-Oak. One, in front of the sea on the beach, and the second this evening with both my parents. This latter video is the strongest, most intense video I ever recorded for you, and you will have to listen to it and watch it with a lot of attention.
Today I recorded my videos from the garden by the sea that belongs to my grandparents. It was still very cold for the season, but it was also sunny.
Exceptionally today, I recorded two videos. You can watch the first one directly above, and the second one on this link on google drive, as it is too long to be uploaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M_yYG9c5SfimA0wgPn_bMjgJ3vZ2ULdR/view?usp=drive_link
You will learn a lot of things by watching this second video.
I really like the latest post Annelies published on her blog! This place she describes sounds like a really nice and cozy place!
Today I recorded my video on the rooftop of the barnhouse. First day of Spring, coldest day of March. I saw at 1 pm 21°C in Dordrecht - Breda versus 10 °C in Amchit ! So it was 11 degrees colder on the coast of Lebanon respect to the Netherlands. Over the mountains, it snowed at 800 meters altitude. We have several mounts that reach 2700 meters and the tallest is at 3100 meters.
On another note I wrote a very strong post called A demo of what a gifted writer can do: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/a-demo-of-what-a-gifted-writer-can-do/
It is private and password protected (same password as usual). Read it at your own responsibility, if you choose to.
Today was a cloudy, cold, rainy day and temperatures dropped to 7°C in Amchit...
This is a picture of today's snowfall in Ehden, North Lebanon, at one hour drive from Amchit https://www.instagram.com/p/DHbjs1OohYI/?img_index=1
You can just check @livelovebeirut / livelovelebanon on Instagram
And that's from livelovekfarbediane https://www.instagram.com/p/DHbEbGjsuED/ close to the ski resort of Faraya, showing the generous snowfalls the mountains received today, despite being already the 21st of March
There are three ski resorts that are at 1 or 1 hour and a half drive from Amchit: Faraya, Laqlouq and Les Cèdres. With my parents we used to go to Laqlouq or Faraya almost every weekend in my childhood.
But it's been a long time I do not ski!
That's the official page of Cedars ski resort, for instance: https://www.instagram.com/cedarsskiresort/
In Europe, people often travel to Switzerland for instance to ski. In the Middle-East, people travel to Lebanon to ski.
But, dear Red-Oak, you of course ignored that. This is not what the news focus on. News like to sell sensational titles, without going in depth. And Lebanon is a tiny dot on the map. So you litterally knew nothing about my country, except a few very negative things that were not even true.
You can look on instagram or any social network by typing the names of all Lebanese towns and you will find beautiful daily pictures, of narrow historical streets, of snow, of sea, of nature, etc. These pages are followed by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of followers. Many are official pages. They cannot lie.
And focus on Jbeil / Byblos (the town closest to Amchit, that is a beautiful historical town) and Batroun that is at 20 minutes North from Amchit, also a beautiful historical town, that is also a very trendy place for nightlife. Batroun is like the "Lebanese Ibiza", or something of the kind.
I wish to thank Annelies for the public dedication she made to me on her Bluesky profile, along with a beautiful poem.
Red-Oak: I think it's difficult to make a clearer statement. I think it is time you look at the truth that is here, in front of your eyes. You've made a grave mistake. You understood nothing of what your daughter was feeling. You've hurt an innocent person. You've hurt your own daughter with the decisions you took, refusing to forgive when you could have chosen to, in an egoistical way. But, life is giving you another opportunity Red-Oak. You still can make things alright. By doing what is right, now.
I'm really glad that this morning Inchiostro returned after 48 hours of absence! I was really starting to worry, but I didn't want to say anything on the blog before being sure he would return, so I only spoke to Annelies about his absence. Especially with the stormy weather we have...
Those are two pictures of Inchiostro (black and white) and Foglia (gray) taken a bit more than one month ago, on the rooftop of the barnhouse.
We never had a cat reappearing after more than 10 days absence. But I read stories of cats who return after several months or even several years. So, I still hope, and I still call his name every day.
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And there was a great resemblance between Inchiostro and Calamaio, as they almost looked like twins. So, there could be another symbol, another thing behind the disappearance of Calamaio.
Twin cats... twin souls...
If you watch the videos of last summer, you will see Calamaio often appearing in them, as he loved to play with water when I was watering.
I personally love each of our cats like little children. It's been three years and a half I give them all their meals personally, each and every day, with the help of my mother who helps me prepare them (except when she is in Beirut). Since 2020, I did not go on vacations, did not travel. So our cats are used to see me every single day. Sometimes my brother helped me, but lately he really doesn't have the time, and is here only during the weekends, with a lot of studies for his master and for his work.
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On another note, you know already that my mother bakes bread with the yeast she herself prepares and keep alive over the years. Her "mother yeast" (lievito madre) has been alive for more than two years now, since she first started using this old Italian recipe. With this yeast, she can prepare any kind of bread or of cake, without needing to add any other form of yeast. The preparation is a bit longer, but it is very healthy and tasty.
Now, in the last weeks, my mother kept her preparations to a minimum as she had to stay all the time with my grandmother. But this is one of the breads she prepared (really not the most impressive, as she's been really very busy).
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Red-Oak, aren't you ashamed of what you did?
From the rooftop of the barnhouse as the windstorm started.
I also wrote a new password-protected post, called A Viking name https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/a-viking-name/
The password is the same as on previous times.
It is long, but I hope you will enjoy your read.
This is my daily video for you today, taken in front of the barnhouse (western part of the garden, toward the north) with my little cat friends.
And this is a new post I wrote and posted on Linkedin, called "When time stopped": https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307739880137064449/
It was difficult for me to write it, but probably necessary to express all these things...
Because, as I heal my trauma, I also help Annelies to heal hers.
Today I recorded my daily video from the lower part of the garden, close to the small valley that becomes a water stream during the winter.
I show you a lot of fruit trees I planted myself around 15 - 18 years ago that started flowering or doing fruits.
Today, after my 5 km run! We had unusually warm weather for March (temperatures reaching in between 15 and 23°C in Amchit) with even a lot of people on the beach to enjoy the sunny weather.
In three - four days temperatures will drop to in between 7 and 12°C with rain, wind and snow over the mountains, where 50 cm of snow are expected on the ski resorts.
Today was one of these typical days of swimming and skiing on the same day in Lebanon.
I do not often go to the mountains, but I am going to share with you some official instagram pages that post pictures from one of ski resorts of Lebanon. It is called Live Love Kfarbedian (Kfarbedian is located in Faraya, at 1h and a half drive from Amchit). You can see the daily videos and pictures of the snow on Live Love Kfarbedian: https://www.instagram.com/livelovekfardebian/
Yesterday there was a celebration of night skiing with various illuminations, fireworks, etc. Today there was a marriage between two famous athletes I think. They also show the sunset from the mountain. And you're going to recognize the same typology of clouds and horizon than those I post on my Bluesky account, except that those pictures are taken at 1700 or 2000 meters altitude.
When they post videos and pictures on that page, they are taken the same day. So when you see the current amount of snow, it is what remains now on the ski slopes, despite the high temperatures and low levels of precipitation we had on the coast in the last days. But soon it's going to snow again.
The mother instagram page of Live Love Kfarbedian is called Live Love Lebanon / Live Love Beirut (it has 1 million followers) https://www.instagram.com/livelovebeirut/
Live Love Lebanon shows daily pictures / videos from nature, beaches, ski resorts, parties, cultural events, touristic landmarks of the country.
So you can follow these two pages on a daily basis to discover more of my country. You can see their posts even if you do not have an instagram account. I do not know the persons who manage these pages, but I know they are references, and introduced the hashtag livelovelebanon a long time ago.
This, in reference to the joyful spirit of the people of Lebanon who really like to live life at its fullest, and also as a way to resist all what happened in the region in the past. Also because Lebanese people are proud of the unicity of their country, that is very different from the rest of the Middle-East.
So today, if someone wanted (and for all the month of March), they could swim and ski on the same day, as the sea is cold (but the temperature is acceptable under a bright sun), and there is still snow on the ski slopes.
All that is dedicated to @Red-Oak whom Annelies calls the Earl, who treated me as a "slave coming from a land of terrorists and violent people". Yes, I want to show him how ridiculous his attitude was, how hurtful his words were. Yes, I want him to feel ridiculous right now, because, it is what he deserves. And he made much worse than making me feel ridiculous 6 years and a half ago. He wounded me and hurt me and harmed me and slandered me, and I am still carrying this open wound in my soul.
I want justice. I want words of excuses.
From what I know, despite being a colder country, you usually cannot swim and ski on the same day in March, in the Netherlands. And those people who know too little about geographics, about world geographics, and judge other places in the world just basing themselves on prejudices, surely would never imagine seeing active ski slopes in Lebanon, Middle-East, at the middle of March.
And our landscape and our geography forged us, as people. We do not accept to take lessons from anyone who looks down on us, and we do not deem our country inferior to any other country, not even to Western Europe that believes itself to be the center of the world.
Yes, we can learn from one another. But it should be done in mutual respect.
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Ah, on second note, I add a funny video from tiktok. I do not use tiktok, it is my father who received it, and sent it to me, as I told him about my wish to write you more about Lebanon and the spirit that animates this land: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxPuZk8aSieaGI-NrPi-aYTXFLPZCxS4/view?usp=drive_link
You can open the video directly on google drive. I do not want to post it here, as I do not even know those persons. But as it's an original wedding that was filmed, this short film became viral. It's not everyday people get married while wearing skis, on a ski slope.
Lebanese people love weddings (and to invest money in making grand weddings). It's a bit stupid, from one side, as it is too materialistic, but also shows people are romantic and attach importance to this holy celebration. If you have tiktok, I suppose that by looking for the same hashtag lebanesewedding you'll find more videos of the same kind.
It also shows you how free women are and how freely they behave, contrarily to the rest of the Middle-East.
Close to the sea on a sunny, warm day of March...
Look at this picture I took today.
Despite the emotional dullness Annelies feels in her heart, she wants the truth of this story to shine with all her might. The end word has not been written, Red-Oak, and you are not in the power to write it yourself.
It is Annelies and I who will write it together, and it will be a happy ending. And it will involve a mea-culpa from your side.
Today I showed part of my daily harvest (radishes, sweet potatoes, watercress, fennel, various sorts of salads, etc.). The spring is starting to arrive. We will have some days in between 15 and 23 °C in Amchit (very warm for the season) and then days of rain and snow over the mountains in between 8 and 12 °C, starting from the middle - end of next week.
Red-Oak, aren't you interested to come taste the watercress and discuss this whole story around a plate of bread, olives and watercress?
Today I showed the progress of my ned raised bed, and a new perspective on the garden.
Also, read La Viola Vola, new password-protected post, with the same password as before: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/la-viola-vola/
Today my video is the exact opposite of that of yesterday. Yesterday I was more in my "gentleman's clothes" and today rather in my "farmer setup", as I recorded it after an intense physical effort of digging a new raised bed in the sunniest area of our garden.
And if you judge me, Red-Oak, for taking care of the land, do not forget your origins. Do not forget that your father used to love working in the garden, and he continued to do so as long as his back allowed him to. So even if you despise the work of the land, or never got interested in it, it is a well-anchored tradition in your family. And perhaps, you are wrong. Perhaps if you stayed less in your papers, less in front of a screen, a more inside a garden, you would lead a happier life. Perhaps if you were a bit less ambitious, and a bit more authentic in your pursuits, you would find a new balance. And perhaps you would have learnt the meaning of forgiveness by spending more time in nature, and in shaping nature. Taking walks in the forest and giving botany lessons is not enough - it's theory. You need to shape life (vegetal life) with your own hands - that's practice.
And perhaps Annelies wouldn't have her childhood trauma if you had chosen the right values to guide your life, Red-Oak. I am not saying you are a bad person. You are a good person, in general, but you could be better. And you did some grave faults, with your daughter, and with me afterwards. Those mistakes cannot be disregarded at this stage. That is why you have to endure my daily emails, that is why you need to listen to me, without being able to speak. It is the contrary of what happened six years and a half ago, when you gave me the same kind of treatments that were reserved to slaves two centuries ago. You spoke (badly, very badly, as you lied) and did not allow me to speak.
Now, you are trapped within your own game, and you have become prisoner of your own silence. I can do almost what I wish to do, I can write almost what I wish to write (within certain limits that I set, as I am a fair person), and still you cannot leave your shell, because you've imposed on yourself this rule of silence, instead of accepting dialogue from the start.
Again, you always thought to know everything, and the rule of silence is something you've learnt, something cultural, something deeply ingrained in you. You believe "if I remain silent, he will get tired and be discouraged."
But you don't know me, Red-Oak. I am in my right, I have been saying the truth from the start, and you have wronged me. So your rule does not work with me. And Annelies is from my side, and she is guiding me. She knows you perhaps better than you know yourself. She knows your qualities, but she also knows your shortcomings. And she is guiding me to tackle those. She is not indulgent toward you. She wants to see a change in depth. She wants justice, first and foremost for herself, over her broken childhood.
Your daughter, Red-Oak, who resembled you so much, has rebelled against you - out of love. She loves you. But she cannot accept the state of fear and confusion in which you plunged her, because of your wrong choices. And she cannot accept your arrogance, of believing you know everything.
This is why you were trapped in this story. Reserving me the kind of treatment reserved to slaves, when slavery was abolished many decades ago, for your information. You should have checked your facts better, Red-Oak. But vanity and cultural and "racial" prejudices caused you to precipitate in this lie and in this mistake.
Now, as I said, we are in inverted positions. You are under accusation this time. And I am not basing my arguments on lies as you did. The points I am raising are valid. And it is a public "trial". All the friends of Annelies and I can follow it in real time, express their opinion. Everything is done within limits of compassion, respect, dignity. Values you ignored back then, and didn't adopt with me.
But I am better than you think, and better than you were. And despite you disregarding all values of hospitality, of compassion, of giving each person a chance, I will give you a chance, and I will keep on giving you a chance. This means that the day you say "I was wrong, I'm sorry" this story, this public "trial" is over Red-Oak, and we can shake hands and be friends. My attitude and position is constructive, contrarily to yours back then.
I am firm, yes. I am not sending you flowers. My words are blunt, honest, perhaps hurtful in their truthfulness. I have no other choice, as Annelies has a life trauma, which is very difficult to heal, and as you hurt and wounded me six years ago in an almost irreversible way. You will have, Red-Oak, to accept to take the responsibility of what you did.
