Fracas Noir || Susanne Waldau - te Brake I swear to tell the truth as I know it…

The house rules in our family are pretty clear and simple. They are applicable to everyone, but of course they are most difficult to adhere to by the youngest member (so far) of our family. Priority one is tidiness. I can’t stand a mess, although being in the latter stage of my pregnancy, I have [...]

I just came out of a meeting, or in fact more of an interview, feeling happy and energized. The topic was my blog, and my life as I describe it, as it’s quite a stark and (I try my best) honest account of my thoughts on love, life, passion and events taking place around me. [...]

I am truly amazed how life has taken a new path since going on maternity leave. It’s like somehow that block of inspiration has been removed, and creativity has been flowing freely ever since. When I hear other pregnant women being tired and fatigued, spending their mornings and afternoons alike on the sofa watching day [...]

The films that have somehow stayed with me have a few common denominators. First of all they are all urban, taking place in a city, may it be Paris, LA or New York. They are all about the ordinary people, living through ordinary events that yet border to the un-ordinary. There is a certain element [...]

Yesterday, after finishing a document I was reading in preparation for a meeting today, I went on to read the news. My mind was soon enough engrossed in a very sad article of a little two year old girl who was beaten by her mother and stepfather to death. In fact I remember the case [...]

The best with maternity leave, pre-baby arrival, is that you can sleep in late. So it didn’t really bother me to stay up until 4 am. I was finishing off the Reapers by John Connolly. For the first time, having read all of his 9 or so books, I felt disappointed. Like an anti-climax having [...]

My body has been acting up today. Like it is preparing for the major event. It’s a feeling I have. I tried to convince Reinout that my feelings are a strong indication to future events. But to him it all sounds pretty flaky. Besides statistically speaking it’s not unlikely we will have a baby in [...]

My mother told me of certain events in her life when she felt she was truly part of world history; the landing on the moon, the assassination of JFK and later Bobby Kennedy and when the news of Marilyn Monroe’s death was announced. These were events that inspired and shocked, that changed the world for [...]

I’m getting into a phase which is somewhat difficult to describe. I feel nervous, restless, agitated. Every sound seem to be multiplied, every touch has an impact. Words and sentences, written or in speech takes on new meanings that previously would not be the case. I cry, less than I did a few months ago, [...]

Last night we were watching TV the three of us. As the saying goes, two is company and three is a crowd. This is certainly the case when one TV and one remote is involved. As most of the times, Victoria and I agreed to compromise. She wanted to watch Nickelodeon and I preferred anything [...]