A personal restoration

My return to Amsterdam and the end of The Slog

The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642. Oil on canvas.

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The last time I was in Amsterdam I was newly married.

Earlier this week I returned to Amsterdam, newly divorced, or at least in the final paperwork phase. It is so easy to get married, you can do it in a house! You can do it with a louse! You can do it on a box! You can do it with a fox!

But turns out you can not, can not, get divorced just like that.