Mary's Diary (Part 23)
Maria Berg falls asleep in the cinema. She hates the landlord. And she's being broken into. She attacks the burglars with a dangerous pointed saw. We learn a lot about what Maria is going through.
Mary's Diary (Part 22)
'My mother read me many fairy tale books as a little girl, always ending: And they lived happily ever after. That would happen to me too. Unfortunately, that was a big mistake.' Maria Berg looks back on a dinner date.
Mary's Diary (Part 21)
Maria Berg has sjans; that seems to be possible if you are over 70 (she writes that herself). Also in Maria's 21st diary: a daughter-in-law who arrives late and shopping in the pouring rain.
Mary's Diary (Part 20)
Maria Berg's water tank behaves strangely: sometimes the float remains closed, sometimes it comes loose. That must be the work of a mischievous ghost, Maria suspects. Furthermore: a chicken that thinks she is a cat. And the cat mother is missing.
Mary's Diary (Part 19)
Maria goes to the hospital with her grandchildren. On Sunday. 'They see you coming to the Netherlands.' Also in part 19 of her diary: The children enjoy a pizza, as a pizza should not be. But they like him.
Mary's Diary (Part 18)
Maria Berg gets a cold shower when she returns from vacation. The tuktuk driver who has been looking after the cats is trying to trick her. Also: motorists who brake for a crossing lizard.
Mary's Diary (Part 17)
Maria Berg (72) is referred to as an ADHD senior by her family. She lived up to that title during a short holiday in the Netherlands. She is now back. "It's like I haven't been away."
Mary's Diary (Part 16)
Maria Berg has a new family, her antique Singer sewing machine is no longer useful and the neighbor mistakes the garden hose for a hose. A lot is happening again in Huize Berg.
Mary's Diary (Part 15)
Maria Berg turns the tables: too often the blog is about Thai women, so she measures Thai men. Short men lose weight, looks are unimportant: Maria likes text sliders. What are those again?
Mary's Diary (Part 14)
The new year started for Maria Berg with the death of her two dogs and a broken laptop. She photographed a beautiful snake. "How could you have done that," her family said. That and more in part 14 of Maria's Diary.
Mary's Diary (Part 13)
The old people's home in the village is empty, Maria is afraid of head lice, house dog Kwibus destroys her new phone and she encounters a monster. Is it a lizard or a monitor lizard? All this and more in Maria Berg's thirteenth diary.
Mary's Diary (Part 12)
Kismet, Turkish for fate, favors Maria Berg. House dog Berta is sterilized, but turns out to have a hole in the abdominal wall. Furthermore, Maria becomes price conscious and she misses a trip to the ice cream parlor.
Mary's Diary (Part 11)
Maria Berg has a moving bed, she watches an exciting horror film, photographs a beetle on a rubbish bin and paints pillows with parrots. All in part 11 of her diary.
Mary's Diary (Part 10)
Maria Berg meows in the pet store and makes scratching movements. Well, what else can you do if you don't know the Thai word for scratching post? She avoids the Saturday market. Why? Read part 10 of her Diary.
Mary's Diary (Part 9)
Maria Berg sees a beautiful wooden house with a nice garden and a large pond. The house is for rent. Am I going to rent it, that is the question, she writes in part 9 of her Diary.
Mary's Diary (Part 8)
Maria Berg and her family go swimming in an otherwise empty swimming pool, she discovers that there are duck herders as well as goose herders and one evening the light goes out. But she is prepared for it and lights a candle.
Diary of Maria Berg (part 7)
Maria Berg eats lasagna with spinach at the village Italian, but it is disappointing. On the other hand, she would like to come back for the ice cream in fourteen flavours. She also confesses in her seventh diary that she is in love (but not with a man) and she buys a bottle of Ginseng & Rice Milk. "See if it helps."