We had Erik's biological half-sister (same Australian father), Pip and her daughter Felis visiting from Australia over the week. It was such a joy to see them again! We visited them in Australia back in 2017, and then the whole family came to visit us
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! After a very mild and rainy December it was great to have several frosty days around Christmas. We made a couple of long walks with the dogs and met up with family and friends to
On a recent business trip to Helsinki in Finland on behalf of the Ikkaton company together with CEO Erik Trampe, I managed to see a bit more of the Finnish capital and its grand Stockmann warehouse. It is supposedly founded by a Stockmann family member
This is a double obituary for my uncle Guido Stockmann and his life-long partner Ricardo Regazzoni, who sadly both passed away this year. Ricardo in end May, and Guido on the 23rd of October in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Both had deteriorating health but Ricardo's death
Exactly 12.5 years ago I participated in the wedding of our friends Lene Düwel Andersen and Jens Andersen in Roskilde. As tradition has it in Denmark, when you have reached half way to the Silver wedding (25 years), you celebrate the Copper wedding anniversary (12.5
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The title of this post could just as well have been a Misty Merry Christmas. Can't remember when we had so much rain and misty conditions in December. The photo above is taken in
Rushed by reports of a deteriorated health of my uncle in Amsterdam, my mother and I went to the Netherlands to visit him. However, when we arrived at his care home, he was in a quite good condition and in no way near death. Hence,
What a fantastic conference! Probably one of the most interesting I've ever attended. The European Mineralogical Conference 2024 was held at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in the third week of August. I went there as a convener and presenter on the carbonate session but
Our Easter holiday was spent in Denmark including a day trip to Lund to visit my brother Paul and his family. I brought Erik on a visit to the Karen Blixen museum at 'Rungstedlund' (https://blixen.dk), his first visit there but one of many for me.
Less than a year after my godfather Carl Stockmann passed away, my godmother Mieke sadly joined him. Her health hasn't been the best in the past year but nevertheless, it's always difficult to prepare for the situation when people pass away. It seems to happen