mieze

jajajajajaja, wir wissen du bist der star hier, das studio ist ganz deins!

ponytail

one way to shed off ten years of age is careful makeup, strong diffuse lighting in December and no fear of low temperatures plus a little love when developing the image – the latter is a result of much time in home office.

just me and my ponytail – sort of haha!

Marie did this and I am a bit more than flattered – my nose looks acceptable at least!

alstublieft

here we go!

alstublieft can translate, roughly, variously:

• “Please.”
• “Here you go.” — on the simple transfer of physical goods.
• “You’re welcome.” — which is to say “please, accept” (spoken after the receiver’s expression of gratitude.)

it is in the second of these, the cognate of “here you go,” where one finds the magic of alstublieft. This is because it serves that same function, but is elegant.

The elegance of “alstublieft” is that it facilitates transaction, makes normal interactions formal and respectful — simple

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