Ben @benjamin
20th April 2026 - #c5ea56
I started volunteering at De Kas today, a community run plant nursery that my house looks onto [https://stadskwekerijdekas.nl/]. I was nervous about spending a whole day doing unknown things with unknown people, but I was excited to be in a plant nursery again and to see Cassie the cat.
I spent the day helping to deconstruct and build anew a fresh cover for one of their water tanks that they collect rain water in. The construction we put together was very ad-hoc, built in a way where we used what we had without much thought to technique but more to get to a state of good enough for now. I like this type of building. Now I am tired but with a good feeling in my body.
2nd March 2026 - #F54927
It's a sunny week in Rotterdam and I feel a kind of incoming inner turmoil. I have time and energy to make stuff on my computer alone in the coming days but feel simultaneously feel the need to go outside and play with my friends.
9th February 2025 - #16B9F5
woah lots going on in the fish
15th December 2025 - #a8603d
Trees in everyone's houses atm. The pigeons have started to return to our balcony in search of peanuts. If they time it right and they stare at me enough when I make coffee in the morning, I put a handful of peanuts in a little dish and they devour them in no time at all.
21th November 2025 - #6BDEFF
Finely balanced weekly schedule
18th November 2025 – #EBBB00
camera.bnjmnearl.eu is open for viewers. Currently showing is Pigeon Tree, a tree for the local pigeons enjoy. Other birds join then too, the magpies, the doves, sometimes a bluejay, but everyone knows that this tree belongs to the pigeons.
Lighting a candle at breakfast in the morning helps disperse the darkness of these mornings and brings a small lightness to the day. Fire on the table.
Drawing, writing, coding – things are opening up again.
1st October 2025 – #6BC6D0
Two weeks work needs one weeks rest, apparently. A week after arriving in Cornwall I feel more alive and attuned to the things I like. Curiosity and motivation begin to bubble up again and I find myself cleaning my desktop, writing reflections and planning activities.
A bouldering hall opened near my parents house, I went to visit for the first time and it's pretty nice. It's not very big but has a lot of difficult things I can spend time with.
I've been surfing twice this week after fixing some dings in my board and replacing a snapped leash. Even though the water is cold and my teeth chatter, I want to stay in for extended periods of time. My only reason to get out is usually not to keep others waiting.
#189664
Back on the Lizard once again for family and coastal times
#159c3d
Ready to go into the woods and live amongst the deer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsdiBvgeGpg
❋❋ outbox ❋❋
@elliott you're making an actual mp3 player or an app?
Also want to make an RSS reader - interested?
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Things I want to remember to do
- make kimchi
- ̶b̶u̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶h̶e̶a̶p̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶-̶h̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶f̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶
- r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶c̶h̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶h̶i̶c̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶m̶
- do a project in the countryside
- ̶f̶i̶x̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶n̶
- make some plans for the future
- take more notes and do more drawing
- Switch radio hosting to Greenhost
current location
- bnjmnearl.eu
- notes.bnjmnearl.eu
- photos.bnjmnearl.eu
- camera.bnjmnearl.eu
- bnjmnearl.eu/email.html
other places to be
- extrapractice.space
- varia.zone
- goodtimesbadtimes.club
Last updated on Monday, April 20, 2026